§ Mrs. Dunwoodyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services during the last five years for which figures are available, what has been the ratio of nurses and midwives per 10,000 population for each of the regional health authorities.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe information is set out in the following table:
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Nursing and Midwifery Staff* Ratio of wte† to 10,000 managed population 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1. Northern RHA 70.6 71.4 74.1 77.5 81.7 2. Yorkshire RHA 71.5 73.6 74.7 75.4 78.6 3. Trent RHA 64.5 66.1 67.7 72.0 72.4 4. East Anglia RHA 65.6 65.8 66.8 68.8 70.7 5. NW Thames RHA 78.1 76.0 77.0 77.5 78.4 6. NE Thames RHA 78.8 79.5 86.3 83.8 83.5 7. SE Thames RHA 79.6 81.4 82.5 82.0 84.2 8. SW Thames RHA 79.2 77.9 76.9 80.2 82.2 9. Wessex RHA 67.0 68.7 67.6 72.3 73.4 10. Oxford RHA 64.1 62.3 63.6 64.5 67.4
1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 11. Southwestern RHA 72.2 74.7 76.3 78.0 81.4 12. West Midlands RHA 68.1 68.0 68.8 70.5 74.3 13. Mersey RHA 82.7 80.6 84.6 85.3 87.5 14. North Western RHA 75.0 75.0 77.4 79.5 84.3 Total England† 73.6 74.0 75.7 77.3 79.6 * Includes qualified and unqualified nursing and midwifery staff, learners, health visitor students and agency staff. †lncludes staff at the London post-graduate teaching hospitals. ‡Whole-time equivalents.
§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what is the estimated number of trained paediatric nurses required for (a) Hammersmith and Fulham district health authority and (b) North Kensington and Paddington district health authority for the years 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986; and whether this will be adequate to cover present requirements;
(2) how many trained paediatric nurses are in post for(a) Hammersmith and Fulham district health authority and (b) North Kensington and Paddington district health authority.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThis information is not available centrally. The hon. Member should seek the information from the district health authorities concerned.