HC Deb 16 June 2003 vol 407 cc75-6W
Mr. Paul Marsden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many school nurses there were in each year since 1997. [117576]

Mr. Hutton

Separate information on the number of school nurses employed in the national health service is not collected centrally.

Between 1997 and 2001, the number of qualified nurses employed in community services, which includes most school nurses, has increased by 6,500, or 14 per cent., to 52,400.

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