§ Mr. Goodladasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many community psychiatric nurses there have been in each health region in each of the last five years.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe figures relating to all NHS staff in community mental illness nursing are shown in the table:
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Region 30 September 1982 30 September 1983 30 September 1984 30 September 1985 30 September 1986 Wesscx 105 113 137 166 176 Oxford 72 76 86 114 122 South Western 103 115 127 143 147 West Midlands 66 92 155 239 255 Mersey 95 116 124 148 156 North Western 94 148 195 220 228 London PG SHAs 5 5 2 3 2 England 1,237 1,432 1,882 2,309 2,532 Source: DHSS (SR7) Annual Census of NHS Non-Medical Manpower.
Note: All figures independently rounded to the nearest whole-time equivalent.