§ Mr. K. Robinsonasked the Minister of Health how many vacancies for student nurses and qualified nurses there were at the most recent date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. PowellFor nurses and midwives together I understand that 6,632 vacancies for students and pupils and 9,060 for trained staff were current at local offices of the Ministry of Labour in mid-November. These figures were all fields of employment, not only the National Health Service.
§ Lord Balnielasked the Minister of Health (1) whether he will state the percentage increase or decrease during the 12 months ending 30th September, 1962, in the numbers of whole-time and 129W part-time nursing staff for each of the regional hospital board areas;
(2) whether he will give the number of whole-time and part-time nursing staff, respectively, in each of the regional
Region Whole-time Nursing Staff Part-time Nursing Staff At 30th September, 1961 At 30th September, 1962 Percentage increase at 30th September, 1962 At 30th September, 1961 At 30th September, 1962 Percentage increase at 30th September, 1962 per cent. per cent. Non-Teaching Hospitals Newcastle 8,880 9,253 4 2,716 3,099 14 Leeds 8,827 9,098 3 3,291 3,803 16 Sheffield 9,731 10,254 5 3,869 4,609 19 East Anglian 3,268 3,323 2 1,739 1,963 13 North-West Metropolitan 11,013 11,366 3 2,825 3,175 12 North-East Metropolitan 9,924 10,067 1 3,154 3,605 14 South-East Metropolitan 10,613 10,787 2 4,210 4,862 15 South-West Metropolitan 11,561 11,942 3 3,292 3,716 13 Oxford 3,997 4,160 4 2,116 2,361 12 South Western 9,317 9,500 2 4,154 4,709 13 Welsh 8,795 9,011 2 2,372 2,737 15 Birmingham 11,174 11,795 6 4,505 4,930 9 Manchester 12,292 12,764 4 4,243 5,150 21 Liverpool 7,442 7,838 5 2,238 2,718 21 Wessex 5,468 5,570 2 1,867 2,391 28 Total all Regions (excluding teaching hospitals) 132,302 136,728 3 46,591 53,828 16 London Teaching Hospitals 12,307 12,620 3 619 846 37 Provincial Teaching Hospitals 7,712 7,943 3 927 1,173 27 Total all Regions and Teaching Hospitals 152,321 157,291 3 48,137 55,847 16
§ Lord Balnielasked the Minister of Health what was the number of student nurses recruited during the first nine months of 1962; and what were the comparable figures for 1959, 1960 and 1961.
§ Mr. BraineI am informed by the General Nursing Council that the figures for England and Wales are as follows:
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Nine months ended 30th September Numbers admitted 1959 13,941 1960 13,738 1961 13,935 1962 14,514 hospital board areas at 30th September, 1961, and 30th September, 1962.
§ Mr. BraineThe information is as follows: