§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) nurses, (b) community
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NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): All Nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff, per 1,000 population, by Health Authority, in England as at 30 September 1997 whole-time equivalent per 1,000 population Total Nursing, midwifery and health visiting Total Nurses Registered Midwife Health Visitor District Nurse Community Psychiatric Nurse England Total 6.91 6.34 0.37 0.20 0.23 0.22 Avon 5.83 5.29 0.35 0.17 0.19 0.12 Barking and Havering 6.67 6.20 0.29 0.18 0.13 0.23 Barnet 5.52 5.06 0.31 0.19 0.22 1.05 Barnsley 6.77 6.11 0.40 0.26 0.18 0.18 Bedfordshire 5.18 4.65 0.33 0.20 0.20 0.09 Berkshire 5.64 5.12 0.31 0.21 0.25 0.11 Bexley and Greenwich 5.85 5.18 0.42 0.26 0.39 0.21 Birmingham 10.06 9.29 0.58 0.21 0.35 0.19 Bradford 6.98 6.17 0.54 0.27 0.21 0.23 Brent and Harrow 5.30 4.84 0.28 0.17 0.13 0.11 Bromley 6.75 6.28 0.27 0.17 0.17 0.84 Buckinghamshire 5.15 4.60 0.31 0.24 0.21 0.25 Bury and Rochdale 5.88 5.16 0.49 0.21 0.33 0.13 Calderdale and Kirklees 6.25 5.63 0.40 0.22 0.19 0.15 Cambridge and Huntingdon 5.27 4.92 0.26 0.09 0.15 0.15 Camden and Islington 17.63 16.97 0.38 0.27 0.11 0.27 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 5.89 5.31 0.37 0.21 0.12 0.27 County Durham 6.10 5.74 0.28 0.10 0.12 0.10 Coventry 7.82 7.19 0.46 0.16 0.16 0.03 Croydon 5.66 4.95 0.42 0.30 0.15 1— Doncaster 7.68 6.96 0.45 0.24 0.17 0.14 Dorset 7.64 7.16 0.26 0.22 0.19 0.19 Dudley 5.81 5.30 0.39 0.16 0.19 0.16 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 4.19 3.74 0.24 0.23 0.23 0.12 East and North Hertfordshire 3.75 3.27 0.30 0.18 0.14 0.12 East Kent 5.82 5.45 0.28 0.08 0.08 1.02 East Lancashire 8.92 8.16 0.47 0.29 0.31 0.16 East London and The City 8.01 7.17 0.58 0.26 0.28 0.13 East Norfolk 6.63 6.26 0.24 0.13 0.21 0.18 East Riding 6.68 6.12 0.38 0.17 0.17 0.80 East Surrey 6.41 5.98 0.26 0.17 0.17 0.17 East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 6.33 5.98 0.15 0.20 0.28 0.41 Enfield and Haringey 5.75 5.20 0.39 0.14 0.19 0.21 Gateshead and South Tyneside 6.95 6.30 0.39 0.25 0.34 0.17 Gloucestershire 6.99 6.42 0.34 0.21 0.25 0.20 Herefordshire 6.62 6.08 0.36 0.18 0.30 0.18 Hillingdon 7.30 6.45 0.84 1— 1— 0.16 Isle of Wight 7.39 6.75 0.40 0.16 0.32 0.32 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 16.87 15.81 0.61 0.45 0.43 0.43 Kingston and Richmond 1.55 1.46 1— 0.12 0.09 0.06 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 8.25 7.58 0.43 0.23 0.31 0.05 Leeds 7.95 7.42 0.32 0.19 0.14 0.14 Leicestershire 6.87 6.35 0.32 0.19 0.14 0.48 Lincolnshire 5.49 5.10 0.21 0.18 0.21 0.18 Liverpool 9.90 9.21 0.41 0.28 0.28 0.15 psychiatric nurses, (c) district nurses, (d) health visitors and (e) midwives there are per capita in each health authority area; and what was the total health spending per capita in each area in (i) the last year for which figures are available and (ii) 1997. [99912]
§ Mr. DenhamI refer the right hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Ribble Valley (Mr. Evans) on 19 October 1999,Official Report, columns 473–75W on the health spending per capita per health authority area. Data on the numbers of nurses, community psychiatric nurses, district nurses, health visitors and midwives per capita in each health authority area are shown in the tables.
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NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): All Nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff, per 1,000 population, by Health Authority, in England as at 30 September 1997 whole-time equivalent per 1,000 population Total Nursing, midwifery and health visiting Total Nurses Registered Midwife Health Visitor District Nurse Community Psychiatric Nurse Manchester 14.36 13.26 0.87 0.21 0.30 0.28 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 9.91 9.02 0.58 0.32 0.32 0.26 Morecambe Bay 8.06 7.58 0.29 0.19 0.39 0.19 Newcastle and North Tyneside 11.29 10.53 0.55 0.21 0.25 0.15 North and East Devon 7.39 6.85 0.38 0.17 0.29 0.21 North and Mid Hampshire 4.58 4.13 0.31 0.14 0.20 0.13 North Cheshire 6.00 5.26 0.38 0.32 0.45 0.22 North Cumbria 6.36 5.86 0.38 0.16 0.25 0.13 North Derbyshire 6.29 5.81 0.27 0.22 0.19 0.11 North Essex 6.80 6.32 0.31 0.16 0.28 0.20 North Nottinghamshire 6.02 5.56 0.31 0.18 0.15 0.33 North Staffordshire 7.61 7.01 0.38 0.21 0.38 0.17 North West Anglia 9.11 8.60 0.29 0.22 0.32 0.17 North West Lancashire 8.90 8.06 0.58 0.28 0.24 0.24 North Yorkshire 5.48 4.98 0.33 0.18 0.28 0.12 Northamptonshire 5.37 4.82 0.34 0.21 0.23 0.13 Northumberland 8.65 8.16 0.23 0.26 0.26 0.45 Nottingham 8.04 7.37 0.45 0.22 0.37 0.36 Oxfordshire 7.42 6.83 0.36 0.21 0.16 0.20 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 4.85 4.28 0.39 0.18 0.24 0.24 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 5.98 5.45 0.42 0.11 0.27 0.22 Rotherham 7.37 6.82 0.35 0.24 0.20 0.16 Salford and Trafford 9.43 8.74 0.45 0.25 0.38 0.22 Sandwell 5.15 4.64 0.31 0.21 0.21 0.14 Sefton 8.48 8.00 0.48 0.03 0.07 0.24 Sheffield 10.18 9.56 0.43 0.19 0.15 0.13 Shropshire 5.16 4.59 0.35 0.21 0.38 0.14 Solihull 1.90 1.71 1— 0.20 0.24 0.15 Somerset 4.77 4.34 0.31 0.12 0.18 1— South and West Devon 7.16 6.53 0.41 0.22 0.22 0.19 South Cheshire 4.49 4.00 0.37 0.12 0.25 0.09 South Derbyshire 4.54 4.18 0.21 0.16 0.17 0.11 South Essex 6.46 5.95 0.32 0.20 0.28 0.16 South Humber 6.36 5.68 0.45 0.23 0.23 0.13 South Lancashire 5.41 4.83 0.29 0.29 0.35 0.23 South Staffordshire 5.00 4.46 0.31 0.24 0.08 0.20 Southampton and South West Hampshire 7.21 6.71 0.31 0.19 0.15 0.11 St. Helens and Knowsley 5.65 5.16 0.27 0.21 0.18 0.27 Stockport 12.55 10.87 1.03 0.65 0.72 0.24 Suffolk 6.36 5.88 0.27 0.21 0.26 0.20 Sunderland 8.06 7.44 0.38 0.24 0.34 0.17 Tees 8.02 7.38 0.38 0.25 0.27 0.14 Wakefield 8.10 7.44 0.44 0.22 0.22 0.54 Walsall 5.73 5.04 0.46 0.19 0.34 0.23 Warwickshire 4.57 4.09 0.34 0.12 0.18 0.12 West Hertfordshire 4.22 3.84 0.19 0.19 0.11 0.59 West Kent 5.86 5.28 0.39 0.19 0.21 0.14 West Pennine 6.09 5.50 0.36 0.25 0.23 0.19 West Surrey 6.17 5.78 0.17 0.23 0.23 0.27 West Sussex 5.85 5.37 0.28 0.20 0.24 0.13 Wigan and Bolton 3.18 2.76 0.31 0.10 0.09 0.10 Wiltshire 9.03 8.23 0.55 0.25 0.23 0.18 Wirral 8.69 7.96 0.46 0.24 0.21 0.27 Wolverhampton 7.76 7.14 0.41 0.25 0.21 0.17 Worcester and District 6.68 6.01 0.39 0.26 0.34 0.24 1 less than 0.01 per 1,000 population Notes:
Figures exclude learners and agency staff.
Total Nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff figure includes Practice nurses.
Total Nurses figure include Practice nurses.
Source:
Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census
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NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): All Nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff, per 1,000 population, by Health Authority, in England as at 30 September 1998 whole-time equivalent per 1,000 population Total Nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff Total Nurses Registered Midwife Health Visitor District Nurse Community Psychiatric Nurse England Total 6.92 6.35 0.37 0.20 0.23 0.23 Avon 5.91 5.43 0.32 0.16 0.18 0.12 Barking and Havering 6.54 6.04 0.31 0.18 0.13 0.36 Barnet 5.37 4.92 0.27 0.15 0.21 0.87 Barnsley 6.88 6.23 0.35 0.26 0.18 0.22 Bedfordshire 5.26 4.71 0.34 0.22 0.18 0.13 Berkshire 5.64 5.09 0.35 0.20 0.22 0.11 Bexley and Greenwich 5.89 5.20 0.46 0.23 0.35 0.49 Birmingham 10.52 9.65 0.65 0.22 0.37 0.21 Bradford 7.16 6.35 0.52 0.27 0.21 0.25 Brent and Harrow 5.45 4.95 0.32 0.17 0.13 0.11 Bromley 6.56 6.06 0.27 0.24 0.20 0.81 Buckinghamshire 5.25 4.74 0.34 0.19 0.15 0.21 Bury and Rochdale 5.98 5.29 0.49 0.20 0.36 0.13 Calderdale and Kirklees 6.39 5.79 0.39 0.22 0.31 0.22 Cambridge and Huntingdon 5.24 4.89 0.26 0.09 0.13 0.15 Camden and Islington 17.25 16.65 0.35 0.24 0.11 0.24 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 5.59 5.02 0.35 0.20 0.12 0.35 County Durham 5.84 5.40 0.30 0.15 0.30 0.07 Coventry 9.13 8.48 0.53 0.16 0.16 0.03 Croydon 5.41 5.03 0.12 0.27 0.15 1— Doncaster 7.92 7.20 0.45 0.24 0.21 0.14 Dorset 7.48 7.00 0.27 0.20 0.19 0.19 Dudley 5.97 5.46 0.35 0.16 0.16 0.19 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 4.53 4.10 0.22 0.21 0.25 0.19 East and North Hertfordshire 3.90 3.40 0.30 0.18 0.14 0.10 East Kent 5.99 5.56 0.25 0.20 0.37 0.37 East Lancashire 8.65 7.88 0.47 0.29 0.29 0.18 East London and The City 7.95 7.20 0.57 0.20 0.20 0.11 East Norfolk 6.67 6.29 0.25 0.13 0.22 0.19 East Riding 6.67 6.13 0.37 0.17 0.17 0.82 East Surrey 7.83 7.22 0.38 0.24 0.21 0.19 East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 6.26 5.93 0.15 0.17 0.29 0.54 Enfield and Haringey 5.67 5.16 0.39 0.14 0.19 0.19 Gateshead and South Tyneside 7.19 6.54 0.40 0.25 0.34 0.34 Gloucestershire 7.14 6.57 0.36 0.23 0.22 0.34 Herefordshire 6.43 5.90 0.30 0.24 0.30 0.18 Hillingdon 5.73 5.02 0.72 1— 1— 0.16 Isle of Wight 7.95 7.40 0.39 0.16 0.39 0.39 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 16.30 15.25 0.64 0.41 0.38 0.38 Kingston and Richmond 2.31 2.19 1— 0.12 0.09 0.06 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 8.68 7.85 0.48 0.36 0.47 0.25 Leeds 7.70 7.18 0.33 0.19 0.12 0.14 Leicestershire 6.61 6.12 0.32 0.17 0.12 0.33 Lincolnshire 5.81 5.34 0.29 0.18 0.22 0.16 Liverpool 10.10 9.43 0.39 0.28 0.30 0.15 Manchester 14.10 13.08 0.81 0.23 0.30 0.28 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 8.48 7.58 0.59 0.32 0.19 0.16 Morecambe Bay 8.54 8.06 0.29 0.19 0.35 0.48 Newcastle and North Tyneside 8.83 8.40 0.32 0.11 0.13 0.11 North and East Devon 7.64 7.07 0.40 0.17 0.31 0.23 North and Mid Hampshire 4.51 4.09 0.29 0.13 0.18 0.20 North Cheshire 6.41 5.64 0.42 0.35 0.42 0.22 North Cumbria 6.42 5.92 0.34 0.16 0.22 0.13 North Derbyshire 6.24 5.73 0.27 0.24 0.24 0.16 North Essex 6.84 6.39 0.30 0.17 0.29 0.22 North Nottinghamshire 6.09 5.63 0.28 0.18 0.15 0.33 North Staffordshire 7.89 7.29 0.38 0.21 0.43 0.32 North West Anglia 9.32 8.58 0.48 0.24 0.29 0.22 North West Lancashire 9.05 8.19 0.60 0.28 0.24 0.24 North Yorkshire 4.93 4.51 0.28 0.15 0.24 0.07 Northamptonshire 5.39 4.84 0.36 0.19 0.23 0.13 Northumberland 12.11 11.24 0.45 0.39 0.42 0.42 Nottingham 8.00 7.33 0.47 0.20 0.37 0.26 Oxfordshire 7.10 6.53 0.36 0.21 0.16 0.19 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 5.05 4.48 0.39 0.17 0.13 0.24 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 5.78 5.16 0.44 0.18 0.20 0.20
NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): All Nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff, per 1,000 population, by Health Authority, in England as at 30 September 1998 whole-time equivalent per 1,000 population Total Nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff Total Nurses Registered Midwife Health Visitor District Nurse Community Psychiatric Nurse Rotherham 7.51 6.92 0.35 0.24 0.20 0.16 Salford and Trafford 9.39 8.67 0.45 0.25 0.34 0.25 Sandwell 5.40 4.89 0.31 0.24 0.24 0.21 Sefton 8.62 8.13 0.45 0.03 0.07 0.31 Sheffield 10.20 9.56 0.43 0.21 0.15 0.15 Shropshire 5.32 4.72 0.37 0.23 0.37 0.16 Solihull 1.85 1.65 1— 0.19 0.24 0.39 Somerset 4.72 4.27 0.33 0.12 0.16 1— South and West Devon 7.30 6.67 0.41 0.20 0.17 0.31 South Cheshire 4.49 4.00 0.37 0.12 0.27 0.09 South Derbyshire 4.60 4.23 0.21 0.16 0.24 0.11 South Essex 6.40 5.94 0.28 0.18 0.28 0.14 South Humber 6.58 5.93 0.45 0.19 0.23 0.13 South Lancashire 5.21 4.64 0.29 0.29 0.32 0.22 South Staffordshire 5.13 4.63 0.29 0.22 0.10 0.29 Southampton and South West Hampshire 7.21 6.73 0.30 0.18 0.13 0.13 St. Helens and Knowsley 5.59 5.11 0.24 0.21 0.15 0.27 Stockport 12.77 11.20 0.89 0.65 0.72 0.27 Suffolk 6.35 5.89 0.27 0.19 0.22 0.19 Sunderland 8.28 7.66 0.41 0.21 0.31 0.21 Tees 8.54 7.89 0.38 0.27 0.25 0.23 Wakefield 8.31 7.68 0.41 0.22 0.19 0.56 Walsall 5.93 5.21 0.50 0.19 0.34 0.23 Warwickshire 3.79 3.39 0.30 0.10 0.14 0.08 West Hertfordshire 4.14 3.76 0.17 0.19 0.13 0.66 West Kent 5.70 5.17 0.35 0.18 0.24 0.26 West Pennine 6.23 5.66 0.32 0.25 0.21 0.19 West Surrey 6.28 5.74 0.31 0.22 0.22 0.25 West Sussex 4.77 4.40 0.24 0.15 0.19 0.09 Wigan and Bolton 3.18 2.79 0.28 0.10 0.09 0.12 Wiltshire 8.75 7.96 0.54 0.25 0.21 0.18 Wirral 8.80 8.16 0.46 0.18 0.18 0.24 Wolverhampton 8.03 7.16 0.62 0.25 0.21 0.17 Worcester and District 7.13 6.43 0.41 0.30 0.35 0.32 1 less than 0.01 per 1,000 population Notes:
Figures exclude learners and agency staff.
Total Nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff figure includes Practice nurses.
Total Nurses figure includes Practice nurses.
Source:
Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census