§ Baroness Cumberlegeasked Her Majesty's Government:
What has been the number of whole-time equivalent NHS hospital and community health services qualified nursing and midwifery staff working in (a) general/coronary intensive care and (b) paediatrics intensive care for each year since 1970.
§ The Minister of State, Department of Health (Baroness Jay of Paddington)The numbers of qualified nursing and midwifery staff in England, working in general/coronary intensive care and paediatric intensive care areas of work, between 1981 and 1994, are shown in the following table. These staff
1989–1990 1990–1991 1991–1992 1992–1993 1993–1994 1994–1995 1995–1996 1996–1997 England 31,051 35,554 414,142 523,810 531,097 532,619 333,764 536,215 Wales — — — 1,871 2,062 1,798 1— 1— Northern Ireland — — 463 1,102 1,653 1,545 1,308 1,117 Scotland — — — 2,048 3,969 5,608 5,830 5,933 Notes:
— no data collected at this time.
1no data yet available.
2From ENB Annual Report 1989–1990.
3 From ENB Annual Report 1990–1991.
4From ENB Annual Report 1991–1992.
5From ENB Annual Report 1996–1997.
ENB = English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting.
Data for England and Scotland is collected at 31 March while data for Northern Ireland and Wales is collected at 30 September.
Data for Scotland includes midwives.