HC Deb 14 May 1996 vol 277 c414W
16. Mr. Timms

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the supply of community psychiatric nurses. [27996]

Mr. Horam

Work force planning and decisions about the demand and supply of qualified nursing staff are most effectively taken by local employers.

The whole-time equivalent number of nurses working In this area rose from 1,880 in 1984 to 4,760 in 1994.