§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales what are the numbers of practice nurses employed by family practitioners' practices in each of the family practices committee areas in Wales; what is the estimated total annual cost; and what was the percentage annual increase in the number of nurses employed over the past five years.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe numbers of practice nurses employed by family practitioner practices in each of the family practitioner committee areas in Wales are given in the following table:
Practice Nurses (WTE) employed at 1 July 1985 Clwyd 3.0 Dyfed 20.6 Gwent 25.1 Gwynedd 13.4 Mid Glamorgan 18.7 Powys 2.2 South Glamorgan 9.5 West Glamorgan 16.8 The total whole-time equivalent of nurses has increased from 54.0 at 1 July 1980 to 109.3 at 1 July 1985, representing an average annual increase of 15.2 per cent.
No information is available centrally on the total annual cost.