HC Deb 10 July 1984 vol 63 cc468-9W
27. Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the percentage increase in the number of nurses and midwives employed in the National Health Service since May 1979

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

There has been an increase of 13.6 per cent. in the number of nursing and midwifery staff (including learners and unqualified staff, but excluding agency staff) employed in the NHS in England between September 1978 and September 1983.