HC Deb 25 March 2004 vol 419 c1051W
Laura Moffatt

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many consultant nurse specialists are working in elderly care in the NHS. [163338]

Mr. Hutton

[holding answer 24 March 2004]: The information requested is not separately available; consultant nurse specialists in elderly care are included with consultant nurses in the acute, elderly and general area of work. As at September 2003, there were 235 consultant nurses in the acute, elderly and general area of work, an increase of 37 per cent. over the previous year.