§ Mr. WareingTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what were the numbers of nursing staff in(a) the Mersey region and (b) the Liverpool district health authority, in each of the years 1980–81 to 1986–87.
§ Mr. Newton[holding answer 11 January 1988]: Because of the 1982 NHS reorganisation, staff-in-post figures prior to 1982 are not consistent with those for 1982 onwards:
Such information as is available is shown in the table.
NHS Nursing and Midwifery staff in post1 at 30 September Whole time equivalent2 Mersey RHA Liverpool RHA 1982 22,450 5,390 1983 22,310 5,210 1984 21,850 5,050 1985 22,150 5,070 1986 22,330 5,210 Source: DHSS Annual censur of NHS non-medical manpower 1 Includes agency staff. 2 Figures independently rounded to nearest ten (10) whole time equivalents.