§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the total number of nurses involved only in community care for each of the years from 1980 to 1986, inclusive.
§ Mr. NewtonThe table shows all nursing and midwifery staff recorded as working in the Primary Health Care area of work, for each year from 1980 to 1985.
I regret that figures for 1986 are not yet available to this level of detail.
Primary Health Care Nursing & Midwifery Staff1 At 30 September England Years Whole-Time Equivalent2 1980 36,600 1981 39,700 1982 40,700 1983 41,200 1984 41,400 1985 43,100 Source: DHSS Annual Census of NHS Non-Medical Manpower
1 Includes agency staff.
2 All figures are independently rounded to the nearest 100 whole-time equivalents.