Health and Personal Social Services (Hansard, 12 April 1988)

§ Mr. Newton

The information for September 1986 is shown in the table. Similar information for September 1987 is not yet available.

Nursing and Midwifery staff Analysis by Area of work and Grade in England at 30 September 1986
Whole-time equivalents
All Nursing and midwifery¹	Total	397,240
Administrative nursing		2,340
Nursing staff in centrally based services		1,775
Blood Transfusion Service		1,151
Administrative midwifery		179
Hospital nursing:	Total	330,830
Qualified:	Total	182,319
Senior Nurse 1–5		440
Senior Nurse 6–8		5,458
Tutorial nursing		4,935
Other registered nurses		104,613
Enrolled nurses		66,875
Learners:	Total	62,524
Post-registration student nurses		2,169
Post-enrolment student nurses		1,648
Pre-registration student nurses		48,350
Pupil nurses		10,358
Unqualified:²	Total	85,987
Other nursing staff		85,981
Nursing cadets		6
Hospital midwifery:	Total	18,722
Qualified:		14,543
Senior Nurses 1–5		28
Senior Nurses 6–8		579
Tutorial midwifery		534
Other state certified midwives		13,403
Learners: Student midwives		4,179

Whole-time equivalents
Primary health care nursing:	Total	38,116
Senior nurse 1–5 and above		91
Senior nurse 6–8		1,254
Health visiting
Health visitors³		10,393
Other registered		460
Other enrolled		93
Student health visitors		832
Other nursing staff		224
District nursing
District nurses⁴		9,119
District nursing tutorial		43
Other registered		1,315
Other enrolled⁵		4,296
Student district nurses		680
Other nursing staff		3,203
School nursing service
Registered nurses⁶		2,485
Enrolled nurses		182
Dual/triple duty posts:
Health visitor/district nurse/midwife (and health visitor/midwife)		37
District nurse/Midwife (and SRN/midwife)		457
Enrolled nurse/Midwife		—
Other registered nurses		1,207
Other enrolled nurses		368
Other unqualified staff		1,378
Community health midwifery:
Senior nurses 1–5 and above		—
Senior nurses 6–8		117
Other midwifery staff		4,011
Agency nurses (Hospital)⁷		4,866
Agency midwives (Hospital)⁷		268
Agency nurses (PHC)⁷		282
Agency midwives (PHC)⁷		35
Source: DHSS Annual Census of NHS non-medical manpower.
¹ Excludes agency staff.
² Includes nursing auxiliaries and nursery nurses.
³ Includes Health Visitor Fieldwork Teachers, HV School Nurses, TB visitors with HV certificates and Bank HVs.
⁴ Includes District Nurse Practical Work Teachers and Bank District Nurses.
⁵ Includes enrolled nurses with District Nurse Training.
⁶ Includes School nurses and other registered nurses working in the school health services and Bank School Nurses.
⁷ Not included in the totals.