§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many nurses were employed by the Leicestershire district health authority on 1 January for each of the years 1978 to 1988 inclusive.
§ Mrs. CurrieSuch information as is available is shown in the table. Staff-in-post figures are collected on 30 September of each year. The figures for 30 September 1986 are the latest available to this level of detail. Because of the 1982 National Health Service reorganisation, figures on a consistent basis are not held centrally for the years prior to 1982.
National Health Service nursing and midwifery staff in post at 30 September1 Leicestershire district health authority Whole-time equivalents2 1982 6,180 1983 6,060 1984 6,020 1985 6,290 1986 6,350 Source: Department of Health and Social Services annual census of National Health Service non-medical manpower. 1 Includes agency staff. 2 Figures are independently rounded to the nearest 10 whole-time equivalents.