§ Mr. WareingTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses were employed in hospitals in Liverpool in(a) 1997 and (b) 2003. [173662]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested is shown in the table.
National health service hospital and community health services: qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff including
practice nurses employed by unrestricted principals and
equivalents1 (UPEs) in each specified organisation as at
30 September each specified year
headcount 1997 2003 Total specified organisations 4,544 7,626 North Liverpool Primary Care Trust (PCT) n/a 246 Central Liverpool PCT n/a 554 South Liverpool PCT n/a 152 Liverpool Cardiothoracic NHS Trust 336 528 Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital NHS Trust 684 788 Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Trust 98 142 Walton Centre for Neurology/Neurosurgery NHS Trust 187 271 Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital 1,567 1,948 NHS Trust Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust 1,185 1,120 Liverpool Women's Hospital NHS Trust 487 699 Mersey Care NHS Trust n/a 1,178 n/a = not applicable. Note: UPEs include general medical services unrestricted principals, personal medical services contracted general practitioners (GPs) and personal medical services salaried Gps. Sources: 1. Department of Health non-medical workforce census. 2. Department of Health general and personal medical services statistics.