§ Mr. Beaumont-Darkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the number of administrative staff employed in the National Health Service in each of the years 1950 to 1978.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinThe information is not readily available. I shall write to my hon. Friend.
§ Mr. Beaumont-Darkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the number of hospital beds available in the National Health Service in each of the years 1950 to 1978.
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§ Sir George YoungThe average daily number of beds available in National Health Service hospitals in England from 1950 to 1977 were:
1950 … … … 429,232 1951 … … … 437,457 1952 … … … 443,199 1953 … … … 445,361 1954 … … … 450,711 1955 … … … 450,920 1956 … … … 450,680 1957 … … … 450,640 1958 … … … 450,597 1959 … … … 449,683 1960 … … … 448,342 1961 … … … 442,343 1962 … … … 440,316 1963 … … … 439,176 1964 … … … 438,404 1965 … … … 437,408 1966 … … … 434,846 1967 … … … 434,378 1968 … … … 432,140 1969 … … … 428,737 1970 … … … 423,621 1971 … … … 419,612 1972 … … … 412,664 1973 … … … 403,526 1974 … … … 396,235 1975 … … … 387,632 1976 … … … 383,132 1977 … … … 375,926 The figures for 1978 are not yet available.
§ Mr. Beaumont-Darkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the number of nursing staff employed in National Health Service hospitals in each of the years 1950 to 1978.
§ Sir George YoungThe number of nursing and midwifery staff employed in National Health Service hospitals in England in the years 1971 to 1977—expressed as whole-time equivalents—is shown in the following table. The figures include qualified nurses, nurse learners and unqualified nursing staff but exclude agency nurses and midwives and nursing cadets. Figures are not yet available for 1978. I shall circulate in theOfficial Report the figures for earlier years when they have been assembled.
Year Nursing staff Midwifery staff 1971 … … 232,636 13,732 1972 … … 248,370 14,350 1973 … … 251,778 14,572 1974 … … 256,770 15,002 1975 … … 280,701 15,358 1976 … … 285,099 16,431 1977 … … 286,040 16,714