§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the number and rate per thousand of the population of whole-time equivalent (a) nurses (b) midwives (c) doctors (d) dentists and (e) health visitors employed in each year 1978–1985 (i) nationally (ii) in each authority and (iii) in each regional health authority.
NHS Nursing Staff* Regional health authorities at 30 September of each year Whole-time equivalent† and ratio per 1,000 population England Regions 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 WTE Ratio WTE Ratio WTE Ratio WTE Ratio WTE Ratio WTE Ratio WTE Ratio England‡ 330,970 7.096 338,080 7.240 349,820 7.477 370,620 7.916 376,420 8.044 374,850 8.002 374,690 7.980 Northern 21,750 6.938 22,580 7.214 23,880 7.633 24,890 7.985 25,050 8.062 25,450 8.209 25,260 8.168 Yorkshire 25,240 7.008 25,500 7.074 26,650 7.390 28,500 7.913 28,400 7.894 28,090 7.807 28,130 7.815 Trent 28,860 6.318 30,680 6.698 30,860 6.715 32,840 7.127 33,270 7.235 33,110 7.194 33,420 7.249 East Anglian 11,420 6.201 11,900 6.384 12,500 6.644 13,150 6.941 13,530 7.076 13,620 7.074 14,000 7.217 North West Thames 25,200 7.278 25,290 7.320 25,580 7.406 27,680 8.013 27,720 8.037 27,190 7.868 27,160 7.826 North East Thames 29,940 7.941 29,140 7.746 29,180 7.756 30,640 8.177 33,340 8.932 33,340 8.924 33,350 8.920 South East Thames 27,600 7.699 27,450 7.668 28,230 7.870 29,880 8.326 29,910 8.343 29,730 8.293 29,230 8.131 South West Thames 21,750 7.409 22,730 7.730 23,300 7.904 24,400 8.280 23,880 8.105 23,990 8.137 23,630 8.001 Wessex 17,220 6.339 18,550 6.796 19,020 6.919 20,050 7.242 20,410 7.348 20,670 7.377 20,920 7.409 Oxford 13,340 5.877 13,730 5.982 14,530 6.265 15,500 6.622 15,670 6.626 15,480 6.496 15,840 6.586 South Western 21,660 7.141 22,250 7.296 23,620 7.707 24,990 8.117 25,100 8.134 24,870 8.020 24,940 7.979 West Midlands 33,270 6.430 34,290 6.620 36,220 6.986 38,800 7.480 38,920 7.515 38,450 7.427 38,460 7.430 Mersey 19,780 7.985 19,830 8.026 20,310 8.248 21,170 8.627 21,340 8.738 21,140 8.684 20,670 8.514 North Western 29,440 7.237 30,190 7.443 31,760 7.854 33,800 8.378 34,950 8.699 34,790 8.685 35,010 8.760 Source: DHSS Annual Census of Non-Medical Manpower.
Notes:
* Includes all qualified, learners and unqualified nursing staff, health visitors, and agency nurses.
† Figures are independently rounded to the nearest 10, and are not adjusted for the reduction in nurses' working hours in 1980.
‡ Includes staff in London Post-graduate SHAs.
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§ Mr. Hayhoe[pursuant to his reply, 19 December 1985, c. 321]: The tables show whole-time equivalent staff in post at 30 September of each year 1978 to 1984, and their rates per thousand population, nationally and for each regional health authority. Figures for 1985 are not yet available at this level of detail. Corresponding figures for district health authorities could be produced only at disproportionate cost.
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NHS Midwifery Staff* Regional health authorities at 30 September of each year Whole-time equivalent† and ratio per 1,000 population England Regions 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 WTE Ratio WTE Ratio WTE Ratio WTE Ratio WTE Ratio WTE Ratio WTE Ratio England‡ 20,200 0.433 20,380 0.436 20,260 0.433 21,140 0.452 20,660 0.441 22,280 0.476 22,790 0.485 Northern 1,220 0.389 1,360 0.433 1,290 0.413 1,320 0.423 1,330 0.427 1,390 0.450 1,480 0.479 Yorkshire 1,460 0.404 1,480 0.409 1,500 0.415 1,700 0.472 1,580 0.439 1,750 0.486 1,800 0.500 Trent 1,660 0.363 1,830 0.399 1,890 0.410 2,090 0.454 2,080 0.453 2,120 0.461 2,120 0.460 East Anglian 880 0.479 930 0.497 800 0.426 890 0.468 880 0.460 930 0.483 970 0.500 North West Thames 1,470 0.426 1,500 0.435 1,490 0.431 1,520 0.440 1,430 0.414 1,460 0.423 1,490 0.429 North East Thames 1,970 0.522 1,790 0.475 1,680 0.445 1,760 0.469 1,730 0.465 1,900 0.510 1,910 0.512 South East Thames 1,650 0.461 1,590 0.443 1,640 0.457 1,720 0.479 1,660 0.464 1,790 0.499 1,830 0.509 South West Thames 1,070 0.364 1,110 0.376 1,170 0.396 1,210 0.410 1,170 0.398 1,190 0.404 1,230 0.415 Wessex 1,080 0.398 1,110 0.406 1,090 0.396 1,190 0.429 1,200 0.433 1,290 0.461 1,330 0.470 Oxford 1,000 0.440 1,000 0.436 1,010 0.437 1,050 0.447 1,020 0.431 1,110 0.467 1,150 0.478 South Western 1,340 0.441 1,370 0.450 1,180 0.383 1,080 0.349 1,050 0.339 1,220 0.392 1,220 0.391 West Midlands 2,180 0.421 2,060 0.398 2,050 0.395 2,110 0.407 2,140 0.413 2,370 0.459 2,540 0.491 Mersey 1,070 0.432 1,130 0.457 1,100 0.447 1,200 0.487 1,110 0.455 1,170 0.481 1,180 0.487 North Western 2,010 0.494 1,970 0.486 2,210 0.547 2,180 0.540 2,030 0.506 2,330 0.581 2,310 0.578 Source: DHSS Annual Census of Non-Medical Manpower
Notes:
* Includes midwifery staff in the hospital and community services, midwifery students and agency midwives.
† Figures are independently rounded to the nearest 10, and are not adjusted for the reduction in nurses' working hours in 1980.
‡ Includes staff in London Post-graduate SHAs.
NHS Health Visitors* Regional health authorities at 30 September of each year Whole-time equivalent† and ratio per 1,000 population England Regions 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 WTE Ratio WTE Ratio WTE[...] Ratio WTE Ratio WTE Ratio WTE Ratio WTE Ratio England‡ 8,670 0.186 9,010 0.193 8,890 0.190 9,240 0.197 9,500 0.203 9.710 0.207 9,300 0.198 Northern 550 0.176 560 0.179 580 0.186 620 0.198 620 0.200 650 0.210 630 0.204 Yorkshire 640 0.179 670 0.186 720 0.198 690 0.191 680 0.189 740 0.204 730 0.202 Trent 770 0.167 780 0.169 750 0.163 860 0.187 910 0.198 910 0.197 910 0.197 East Anglian 290 0.159 310 0.167 310 0.163 330 0.173 340 0.180 350 0.181 280 0.144 North West Thames 670 0.192 690 0.198 720 0.208 730 0.212 780 0.225 720 0.208 680 0.195 North East Thames 570 0.152 600 0.158 540 0.143 650 0.173 660 0.175 650 0.173 580 0.155 South East Thames 690 0.191 710 0.198 670 0.186 690 0.191 760 0.211 750 0.210 650 0.181 South West Thames 630 0.216 670 0.229 670 0.226 660 0.224 640 0.219 640 0.218 620 0.212 Wessex 500 0.183 530 0.192 490 0.177 550 0.200 570 0.204 580 0.205 570 0.200 Oxford 510 0.225 530 0.229 520 0.224 460 0.197 450 0.189 510 0.212 470 0.194 South Western 580 0.190 590 0.195 620 0.201 610 0.197 610 0.197 610 0.196 600 0.192 West Midlands 940 0.181 980 0.189 950 0.183 1,000 0.194 1,050 0.202 1,040 0.202 1,010 0.195 Mersey 470 0.190 490 0.197 490 0.197 490 0.198 500 0.203 500 0.205 490 0.202 North Western 880 0.215 920 0.226 890 0.220 910 0.225 920 0.229 1,050 0.262 1,090 0.274 Source: DHSS Annual Census of Non-Medical Manpower
Notes:
* Includes health visitors in both the community and school health services, HV field work teachers, HB visitors with HV certificates, dual/triple posts and bank health visitors. Excludes HV students and managerial staff.
† Figures are independently rounded to the nearest 10, and are not adjusted for the reduction in nurses' working hours in 1980.
‡ Includes staff in London Post-graduate SHAs.
║ Due to a change in the method of data colleciton, figures for the years prior to 1980 are not strictly comparable with those for 1980 onwards.
Hospital and Community Health Doctors*: Analysis by Region showing Whole-time equivalent at 30 September of each year, and Ratio per £1,000 Population England Regions 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 WTE Ratio WTE Ratio WTE Ratio WTE Ratio WTE Ratio WTE Ratio WTE Ratio England‡ 35,250 0.756 36,390 0.779 37,570 0.803 38,320 0.819 38,780 0.829 39,590 0.845 39,690 0.845 Northern 2,270 0.723 2,350 0.750 2,430 0.777 2,480 0.797 2,490 0.803 2,590 0.835 2,600 0.842 Yorkshire 2,460 0.684 2,520 0.700 2,570 0.713 2,740 0.762 2,780 0.772 2,810 0.780 2,590 0.719 Trent 2,780 0.610 2,980 0.650 3,120 0.678 3,210 0.696 3,310 0.720 3,390 0.736 3,450 0.749 East Anglian 1,230 0.665 1,280 0.684 1,320 0.703 1,390 0.734 1,420 0.743 1,480 0.766 1,470 0.755 North West Thames 3,180 0.920 3,260 0.944 3,360 0.973 3,420 0.991 3,120 0.904 3,150 0.912 3,150 0.906 North East Thames 3,350 0.890 3,410 0.908 3,470 0.923 3,490 0.932 3,840 1.029 3,860 1.033 3,890 1.040 South East Thames 3,000 0.837 3,050 0.852 3,220 0.898 3,160 0.881 3,106 0.866 3,280 0.914 3,280 0.912 South West Thames 2,260 0.769 2,280 0.776 2,320 0.788 2,350 0.796 2,300 0.779 2,310 0.783 2,290 0.774 Wessex 1,730 0.639 1,820 0.666 1,800 0.654 1,850 0.667 1,920 0.691 1,890 0.673 2,000 0.707 Oxford 1,620 0.715 1,660 0.725 1,700 0.736 1,710 0.729 1,720 0.726 1,760 0.741 1,830 0.759 South Western 2,080 0.686 2,160 0.708 2,250 0.733 2,260 0.733 2,360 0.767 2,380 0.769 2,420 0.773 West Midlands 3,420 0.661 3,590 0.693 3,730 0.720 3,810 0.735 3,850 0.744 3,950 0.764 3,980 0.768 Mersey 1,820 0.733 1,850 0.749 1,940 0.786 1,970 0.803 2,010 0.822 2,070 0.851 2,060 0.849 North Western 3,150 0.774 3,260 0.804 3,370 0.834 3,530 0.875 3,600 0.897 3,690 0.922 3,700 0.925 Source: DHSS Annual Census of Medical Manpower
Notes Figures for WTE are independently rounded to the nearest 10.
* Including Hospital Practitioners, doctors holding appointments under paragraph 94 of the Terms and Conditions of Service and Locum staff.
† Including staff in London Post-Graduate Teaching Hospitals/Special Health Authorities. but excluding Special Hospitals.
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Hospital and Community Health Dentists* Analysis by region showing whole-time equivalent at 30 September of each year and ratio per 1,000 population England Regions 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 WTE Ratio WTE Ratio WTE Ratio WTE Ratio WTE Ratio WTE Ratio WTE Ratio England† 2,570 0.055 2,600 0.056 2,590 0.055 2,630 0.056 2,680 0.057 2,670 0.057 2,640 0.056 Northern 180 0.058 180 0.058 180 0.059 180 0.058 190 0.062 190 0.060 180 0.058 Yorkshire 160 0.045 170 0.047 170 0.048 170 0.048 180 0.050 180 0.051 160 0.044 Trent 180 0.039 180 0.040 190 0.041 190 0.042 190 0.041 200 0.043 200 0.04 East Anglian 80 0.045 80 0.045 80 0.043 80 0.042 80 0.040 70 0.039 70 0.038 North West Thames 170 0.048 170 0.049 160 0.046 170 0.048 170 0.050 180 0.051 170 0.048 North East Thames 230 0.060 230 0.061 220 0.059 230 0.060 240 0.063 230 0.060 230 0.061 South East Thames 240 0.067 250 0.069 240 0.067 240 0.068 250 0.071 250 0.069 270 0.074 South West Thames 170 0.058 170 0.059 170 0.059 180 0.061 160 0.055 170 0.059 170 0.056 Wessex 150 0.056 160 0.057 160 0.056 160 0.057 160 0.058 160 0.057 160 0.055 Oxford 90 0.041 90 0.040 90 0.040 100 0.041 100 0.041 100 0.043 100 0.042 South Western 190 0.063 190 0.062 190 0.062 180 0.060 190 0.061 190 0.060 180 0.058 West Midlands 280 0.054 280 0.054 280 0.054 300 0.057 310 0.059 300 0.057 300 0.057 Mersey 140 0.056 150 0.059 140 0.058 140 0.058 150 0.063 150 0.061 150 0.064 North Western 230 0.058 230 0.057 240 0.059 240 0.059 240 0.060 240 0.059 240 0.060 Source: DHSS Annual Census of Medical Manpower
Note: Figures for WTE are independently rounded to the nearest 10.
* Including Hospital Practitioners, dentists holding appointments under para. 107 of the Terms and Conditions of Service and Locum staff.
† Including staff in London Post-graduate Teaching Hospitals/Special Health Authorities, but excluding special Hospitals.