§ Mr. Rogersasked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) how many people were being trained and educated for a nursing career in Wales in 1975 and each subsequent year;
(2) how many people were being trained and educated in the different categories for a nursing career in Wales in 1975 and each subsequent year.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe available information is given in the following table:
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Whole-time equivalents at 30 September 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Student Nurse: Pre-registration 2,611 2,395 2,353 2,168 2,347 2,306 2,676 2,641 2,661 2,670 2,639 Post-registration 163 174 175 165 128 134 123 94 Pupil Nurse: Pre-enrolment 1,453 1,405 1,378 1,284 1,227 1,294 1,378 1,256 1,080 963 852 Post-enrolment 25 36 43 18 35 1 26 11 Student midwife 181 171 218 214 203 205 271 161 210 219 216 Cadet Nurse 255 142 78 29 20 21 16 16 1 1 2 Health Visitor student 24 48 30 38 19 50 44 56 45 54 51 Total 4,524 4,161 4,057 3,921 4,026 4,094 4,568 4,293 4,132 4,056 3,865
§ Mr. Rogersasked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) how many tutors and other staff were employed in the training and education of nurses in Wales in 1975 and in each subsequent year;
(2) how many people were employed, by occupation category, in the training and education of nurses in Wales in 1975 and in each subsequent year;
Whole-time equivalents at 30 September 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 *1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Hospital Tutorial Staff: Qualified Nurse Tutor 137 182 212 87 99 104 112 125 136 151 173 Unqualified Nurse Tutor 9 17 16 15 22 24 20 15 Clinical Nurse Teacher 75 81 82 75 83 94 98 98 Qualified Midwife Tutor 21 26 24 23 26 24 28 20 24 27 21 Unqualified Midwife Tutor 2 1 2 2 2 3 1 1 District Nurse Tutor 5 5 4 4 3 4 2 2 2 2 3 163 213 240 200 227 232 234 254 283 299 311 * Standard working hours for nurses were reduced from 40 to 37.5 hours per week in 1980, and therefore whole-time equivalents from 1980 onwards arenotstrictlycomparablewiththoseforpreviousyears.