§ Mrs. Virginia Bottomleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many nurses were employed by the West Surrey/North East Hampshire district authority in (a) 1979, (b) 1983 and the latest date for which information is available.
§ Mr. NewtonThe figures are shown in the table.
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NHS Nursing and Midwifery staff in post in West Surrey/North East Hampshire District Health Authority At 30 September Whole time equivalent1 19792 1,340 1983 1,620 1985 1,700 Source: DHSS Annual Census of NHS non-medical manpower. 1 Figures are rounded to the nearest ten (10) whole time equivalents and include agency staff. 2 Not adjusted to take account of the reduction in nurses working hours in 1980 (from 40.0 to 37.5 per week).
§ Mrs. Virginia Bottomleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many nurses were employed by the South-West Surrey district health authority in 1979, 1983 and the latest date for which information is available.
§ Mr. NewtonThe figures are shown in the table.
National Health Service nursing and midwifery staff in post in South West Surrey District Health Authority At 30 September Whole time equivalent1 19792 930 1983 1,210 1985 1,170 Source: DHSS Annual Census of NHS non-medical manpower 1 Figures are rounded to the nearest ten (10) whole time equivalents and include agency staff. 2 Not adjusted to take account of the reduction in nurses working hours in 1980 (from 40.0 to 37.5 per week).
§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many nurses have left the National Health Service in the Wessex region for the last three available years.
§ Mr. NewtonInformation on numbers of nurses leaving the National Health Service is not collected centrally. However, the table of staff in post at 30 September for each of the last three available years, shows that there has been a net increase in nursing and midwifery staff employed in the Wessex Regional Health Authority over this period.
Nursing and midwifery staff in post1 2 Wessex Regional Health Authority At 30 September Whole time equivalents 1984 22,250 1985 22,750 19863 23,090 1 Figures are rounded to the nearest ten (10) whole time equivalents. 2 Includes agency staff. 3 Provisional.
§ Mr. Tony Lloydasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the source of his information that the report on nurse staffing levels in south Manchester authority was dated November 1985; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe document of unknown provenance enclosed with the hon. Member for Stretford's letter dated 6 February to my right hon. Friend was a very poor photocopy which appeared to bear that date.