§ Ms. ArmstrongTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services, pursuant to his answer of Friday 18 March regarding the shortfall of nurse teachers, whether his Department has access to data and figures collected by the English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting on the shortfall in nurse teachers.
§ Mr. NewtonInformation published by the English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health
Senior hospital doctors (whole-time equivalent) per 100,000 in-patient cases treated: England 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 England 222 220 222 227 220 218 215 217 Northern 217 214 220 236 223 220 220 220 Yorkshire 188 181 188 194 183 178 177 178 Trent 201 200 197 206 198 198 195 200 East Anglian 239 224 228 242 231 228 229 226 North West Thames 270 269 274 242 243 239 241 240 North East Thames 217 215 219 244 238 232 239 240 South East Thames 231 233 234 232 231 223 212 220 South West Thames 257 260 261 250 244 238 238 245 Wessex 216 213 208 216 211 214 214 208 Oxford 216 214 216 230 224 231 228 233 South Western 211 213 215 218 213 209 206 205 West Midlands 217 215 216 220 213 209 206 212 Mersey 210 214 211 216 207 205 203 202 North Western 198 203 204 212 206 206 200 203 SHAs 385 385 380 387 392 408 399 405 Notes: (1) Includes permanent paid, honorary and locum staff in the grades of consultant, associate specialist and hospital practitioner within the medical specialties. (2) All figures have been rounded to the nearest whole number of the whole time equivalent. (3) Because of the NHS restructuring in 1982 figures on in-patients cases treated for the four Thames regions and Special Health Authorities are not strictly comparable over the whole period.