HC Deb 16 May 1978 vol 950 cc144-50W
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of community nurses employed by each area health authority in England on a stated date in each financial year since 1974, and express each of these figures per capita of the population aged 65 years and over in the area covered by the authority.

Mr. Moyle

The following table shows the number of qualified nurses and health visitors—expressed in whole-time equivalents—in the community health service by each area health authority in England at the 30th September 1974, 1975 and 1976 and these figures expressed per 1,000 head of managed population aged 65 years and over.

PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES
Analyses of community qualified nursing and health visiting staff by area health authority of staff per 1,000 head of managed population aged 65 and over 30th September—England
1974 1975 1976
Area Health Authority Staff*†§ Staff per 1,000 head of managed population aged 65 and over Staff* Staff per 1,000 head of managed population aged 65 and over Staff* Staff per 1,000 head of managed population aged 65 and over
Cleveland 254.3 4.2 180.6 2.9 238.9 3.8
Cumbria 248.1 3.5 238.2 3.3 278.7 3.8
Durham 229.8 2.9 251.2 3.1 261.2 3.2
Northumberland 140.7 3.3 155.3 3.7 160.8 3.8
Gateshead 85.7 3.0 88.0 3.0 91.1 3.0
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 138.0 3.1 181.8 4.1 172.2 3.8
North Tyneside 92.6 3.5 100.6 3.8 98.7 3.7
South tyneside 52.0 2.2 63.1 2.7 94.2 4.0
Sunderland 119.0 3.3 136.4 3.7 144.3 3.9
Humberside 313.4 2.8 352.9 3.1 385.4 3.3
North Yorkshire 228.2 2.2 263.2 2.7 269.5 2.7
Bradford 200.6 3.0 228.7 3.1 211.1 2.8
Calderdale 92.0 3.0 90.3 3.0 85.5 2.8
Kirklees 160.9 3.0 155.1 2.9 167.6 3.1
Leeds 268.9 2.6 269.0 2.5 276.0 2.6
Wakefield 117.6 3.2 126.2 3.3 136.8 3.5
Derbyshire 308.6 2.5 315.4 2.6 352.9 2.9
Leicestershire 356.7 3.4 391.1 3.6 388.0 3.6
Lincolnshire 191.3 2.5 188.7 2.5 208.8 2.7
Nottinghamshire 326.8 2.6 418.8 3.3 441.9 3.4
Barnsley 82.8 2.9 94.4 3.3 94.3 3.3
Doncaster 119.0 3.6 146.4 4.4 151.2 4.5
Rotherham 111.8 4.2 98.7 3.6 113.7 4.0
Sheffield 268.9 3.3 297.7 3.5 291.4 3.4
Cambridgeshire 214.3 3.1 171.6 2.6 193.7 2.9
Norfolk 288.7 2.7 224.5 1.8 296.4 2.3
Suffolk 161.1 1.9 191.0 2.6 207.4 2.7
Bedfordshire 209.1 4.1 202.7 3.9 215.1 4.1
Hertfordshire 325.4 3.2 384.6 4.1 375.4 3.9
Barnet 80.8 1.8 106.7 1.8 119.1 2.0
Brent/Harrow 186.0 2.9 163.0 2.7 173.3 2.9
Ealing/Hammersmith/Hounslow 206.8 2.2 293.3 3.0 357.1 3.7
Hillingdon 106.8 3.8 112.2 3.9 110.9 3.7
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES
Analyses of community qualified nursing and health visiting staff by area health authority of staff per 1,000 head of managed population aged 65 and over 30th September—England
1974 1975 1976
Area Health Authority Staff*†§ Staff per 1,000 head of managed population aged 65 and over Staff* Staff per 1,000 head of managed population aged 65 and over Staff* Staff per 1,000 head of managed population aged 65 and over
Kensington and Chelsea/Westminster 159.3 2.9 150.4 2.5 183.0 3.1
Essex 407.9 2.2 463.6 2.4 512.2 2.6
Barking/Havering 139.4 2.8 127.2 2.5 105.5 2.1
Camden/Islington 255.0 4.8 251.5 3.9 297.8 4.7
City and East London 210.3 2.5 215.9 2.5 247.5 2.9
Enfield/Haringey 144.4 2.0 148.8 2.2 155.5 2.3
Redbridge/Waltham Forest 212.3 3.0 189.4 2.7 197.7 2.8
East Sussex 363.1 2.3 348.0 2.2 348.0 2.2
Kent 567.2 2.6 582.2 2.6 612.8 2.7
Greenwich/Bexley 222.7 4.0 251.5 4.5 248.1 4.4
Bromley 84.9 2.1 100.1 2.4 110.5 2.6
Lambeth/Lewisham/Southwark 385.3 3.4 409.8 3.6 420.8 3.7
Surrey 419.0 3.1 519.9 3.5 548.7 3.6
West Sussex 284.9 2.2 286.2 2.2 309.4 2.4
Croydon 134.4 3.2 135.7 3.2 130.5 3.0
Kingston/Richmond 175.4 3.6 143.2 3.7 158.7 4.1
Merton/Sutton/Wandsworth 348.1 3.7 301.8 3.0 306.7 3.0
Dorset 230.6 2.0 228.1 1.9 241.1 2.0
Hampshire 530.9 2.8 611.2 3.4 594.2 3.3
Wiltshire 260.1 4.0 268.7 2.8 266.2 2.7
Isle of Wight 51.2 2.1 55.0 2.3 59.4 2.5
Berkshire 344.8 4.9 374.3 4.6 376.8 4.5
Buckinghamshire 197.6 3.5 246.4 4.7 284.5 5.4
Northamptonshire 196.3 2.9 223.1 3.3 251.9 3.7
Oxfordshire 206.1 3.3 221.0 3.8 215.2 3.6
Avon 346.6 2.6 350.5 3.0 414.2 3.5
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 185.5 2.6 158.6 2.2 172.9 2.4
Devon 371.4 2.1 379.5 2.1 362.7 2.0
Gloucestershire 178.2 2.6 183.9 2.6 180.7 2.5
Somerset 158.8 2.4 156.7 2.6 146.3 2.4
Hereford and Worcester 271.0 3.4 302.4 3.8 287.4 3.5
Salop 129.7 2.8 145.9 3.1 160.9 3.4
Staffordshire 344.6 3.0 363.5 3.1 382.5 3.3
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES
Analyses of community qualified ursing and health visiting staff by area health authority of staff per 1,000 head of managed population aged 65 and over 30th September—England
1974 1975 1976
Area Health Authority Staff*†§ Staff per 1,000 head of managed population aged 65 and over Staff* Staff per 1,000 head of managed population aged 65 and over Staff* Staff per 1,000 head of managed population aged 65 and over
Warwickshire 249.5 4.8 193.8 3.6 210.3 3.8
Birmingham 434.1 3.1 450.3 3.2 472.0 3.3
Coventry 160.6 4.3 177.4 4.7 178.6 4.6
Dudley 108.3 3.3 109.2 3.2 109.9 3.2
Sandwell 93.3 2.3 101.4 2.4 108.1 2.6
Solihull 59.0 3.3 65.0 3.5 800 4.1
Walsall 74.9 2.8 95.5 3.4 107.0 3.7
Wolverhampton 78.8 2.5 86.8 2.7 89.6 2.7
Cheshire 349.9 3.2 369.7 3.4 379.5 3.4
Liverpool 235.0 2.9 246.2 3.9 279.2 4.4
St. Helens and Knowsley 146.6 3.7 153.3 3.8 162.5 4.0
Sefton 122.7 2.7 119.7 1.9 130.4 2.1
Wirral 101.6 2.1 153.9 3.1 142.7 2.9
Lancashire 677.5 3.0 720.4 3.2 703.0 3.1
Bolton 128.3 3.5 137.2 3.8 145.5 4.0
Bury 81.8 3.5 98.5 4.2 92.5 3.9
Manchester 263.2 3.7 172.9 2.4 249.7 3.4
Oldham 100.0 3.3 100.5 3.2 120.8 3.8
Rochdale 96.2 3.6 109.9 4.1 108.9 4.0
Salford 146.2 4.0 145.8 4.0 143.8 3.9
Stockport 960 2.5 110.8 2.9 138.3 3.6
Tameside 106.8 3.6 92.9 2.7 103.6 3.0
Trafford 123.7 4.1 123.9 4.0 141.5 4.5
Wigan 155.1 4.1 142.7 3.7 156.3 4.0
* Includes health visitors and TB visitors with HV certificate, home nurses SRN/SEN with/without district training and other SRN/SEN but excludes all midwifery staff, tutorial grades, TB visitors without HV certificate, HV students, nursing officers and above, auxiliary staff and school health service staff.
† Whole-time equivalents.
‡ The managed population figures are based on the number of persons actually served by the area health authorities rather than the number of persons living within their boundries.
§ Excludes all TB visitors.