§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the numbers of district nurses and the numbers of health visitors employed in Scotland, broken down by real frequency and whole-time equivalents for the years between 1988 and 1995 inclusive. [1269]
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information is set out in the tables.
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Health visitors and district nurses1: by qualification Whole time equivalent: at 30 September 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 19952 District nurses 52,555.1 2,318 2,281.20 2,239.40 2,201.40 2,187.50 2,177 2,188.20 District nurses3 51,983.1 1,762 1,744.30 1,713.50 1,691.80 1,697.80 1,705.80 1,731.60 District nurse with combined duties 4 572 556 536.9 525.9 509.6 489.7 471.2 456.6 Notes:
1 Data from September 1991 are derived using a new occupation classification for nursing staff. This may have caused some discontinuities in the time series as previous misclassifications have been corrected.
2 Data at 31 March 1995.
3 The figures for health visitors and district nurses include some staff without an HV or DN qualification working in these fields, probably in a supporting role.
4 Health visitors with combined duties including district nursing and vice versa are included under both categories in the table, (i.e. double counted).
5 Data at 30 September 1988 include some qualified nurses working in the community but not necessarily as district nurses. In subsequent years these nurses have been reclassified.
Source:
National Manpower Statistics from payroll (NAMS) Information and Statistics Division.