§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of nurses employed in hospitals by each area health authority in England at a stated date in each 41W financial year since April 1974, and express each of these figures per capita of the population in the authority's area.
§ Mr. MoyleI regret that the information in the form requested can only be provided at disproportionate cost. The
1974 1975 1976 Region Total whole-time equivalent Nursing Staff* Staff per 1,000 head of managed population Total whole-time equivalent Nursing Staff* Staff per 1,000 head of managed population Total whole-time equivalent Nursing Staff* Staff per 1,000 head of managed population Northern … … 17,238 5.5 18,884 6.0 18,188 5.8 Yorkshire … … 20,274 5.7 21,805 6.1 21,561 6.0 Trent … … 20,763 4.6 23,292 5.2 24,006 5.3 East Anglia … 8,608 4.9 9,552 5.4 9,903 5.5 North West Thames 20,251 5.8 22,028 6.4 22,433 6.5 North East Thames 22,497 6.0 23,660 6.3 24,589 6.6 South East Thames 20,737 5.7 22,249 6.2 24,021 6.7 South West Thames 17,907 6.2 19,403 6.5 19,841 6.6 Wessex … … 13,683 5.2 15,548 5.8 15,415 5.7 Oxford … … 10,830 5.0 10,972 5.0 11,400 5.1 South Western … 16,725 5.3 18,591 6.2 18,486 6.2 West Midlands … 25,105 4.8 27,234 5.3 29,067 5.6 Mersey … … 16,238 6.5 18,021 7.2 17,379 7.0 North Western … 22,025 5.4 24,485 6.0 24,735 6.1 * Excludes regional, area and district grades, hospital midwifery staff, Primary Health Care Services staff, agency staff, Blood Transfusion Service staff, nursing cadets, and London Post-Graduate Teaching Hospital staff.