§ Mr. EtheringtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will give, for each year since 1989, the total number of(a) district nurses, (b) health visitors, (c) practice nurses, (d) midwives and (e) nursery nurses employed by Sunderland district health authority; [6308]
(2) if he will give, for each year since 1989, the total number and the percentage of (a) district nurses, (b) health visitors, (c) practice nurses and (d) midwives employed by Sunderland district health authority on Whitley council or equivalent employment grades. [6309]
§ Mr. HoramThe information available is shown in the tables.
NHS Hospital and Community Health Services District Nurses, Health Visitors, Midwives and Nursery Nurses employed by Sunderland Health Authority (DHA) at 30 September 1989 to 19941 Whole-time equivalents 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 41994 District Nurses2 80 90 90 100 80 — Health Visitors3 70 80 70 70 60 — Midwives 150 160 160 150 140 — Nursery Nurses — — — — — — Notes:
1 All staff in groups specified were employed by Sunderland DHA on Whitley council pay scales.
2 Excludes senior nurses 1–5. Includes senior nurses 6–8 in health visiting, health visitors, HV fieldwork teachers, school health visitors, TB visitors with HV certificates, bank health visitors and dual/triple posts (HV/DN/Mid).
3Excludes senior nurses 1–5. Includes senior nurses 6–8 in district nursing, district nurses, district nurse practical work teachers, holders of dual post (DN/midwife), and bank district nurses.
4There were no staff in the groups specified employed by Sunderland DHA at September 1994 because on 1 April 1994 the two directly managed units in Sunderland DHA attained NHS trust status. There were 80 district nurses, 60 health visitors, 130 midwives and no nursery nurses employed by these NHS trusts at 30 September 1994.
—denotes zero.
All figures rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
Department of Health non-medical workforce census.
General medical services practice nurses employed in Sunderland Family Health Services Authority (FHSA) at 1 October 1989–1994 Whole-time equivalents 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Practice Nurses 10 30 40 40 40 40 Notes:
GMS practice nurses are not FHSA employees.
Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 whole-time equivalents.
Source:
Department of Health bi-annual census of general medical practitioners.