§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of(a) nurses and (b) midwives whole-time equivalents, excluding agency staff, in each district health authority.
§ Mr. Newton[holding answer 14 December 1987]: The information is given in the tables:
National Health Service nursing and midwifery staff in post1 2 by regional health authority at 30 September 1986 Whole-time equivalent Region Nursing Midwifery Northern 25,820 1,530 Yorkshire 28,360 1,850 Trent 34,990 2,140 East Anglian 14,470 950 North West Thames 25,820 1,490 North East Thames 31,110 1,820 South East Thames 27,740 1,760 South West Thames 22,540 1,190 Wessex 21,620 1,320 Oxford 15,640 1,220 South Western 25,590 1,340 West Midlands 39,770 2,580 Mersey 21,020 1,230 North Western 35,430 2,410 London post-graduate special health authority 4,310 210 England 374,210 23,030 335W
National Health Service nursing and midwifery stuff in post1 2 by district health authority at 30 September 1986 Whole-time equivalent Nursing Midwifery Northern Regional Health Authority Total 25,820 1,530 Hartlepool 740 50 North Tees 1,170 100 South Tees 2,400 170 East Cumbria 1,470 80 South Cumbria 1,100 50 West Cumbria 1,120 80 Darlington 1,130 70 Durham 1,070 90 North West Durham 690 40 South West Durham 1,520 80 Northumberland 3,060 120 Gateshead 1,380 70 Newcastle 4,680 240 North Tyneside 920 60 South Tyneside 880 60 Sunderland 2,410 180 Yorkshire Regional Health Authority Total 28,360 1,850 Hull 2,440 130 East Yorkshire 1,640 60 Grimsby 1,280 100 Scunthorpe 1,080 60 Northallerton 500 30 York 2,240 130 Scarborough 800 50 Harrogate 1,070 60 Bradford 2,540 230 Airedale 1,310 80 Calderdale 1,440 110 Huddersfield 1,920 100 Dewsbury 920 110 Leeds Western 3,160 160 336W
Whole-time equivalent Nursing Midwifery Leeds Eastern 2,930 200 Wakefield 2,020 100 Pontefract 980 130 Trent Regional Health Authority Total 34,990 2,140 North Derbyshire 1,990 140 Southern Derbyshire 3,690 170 Leicestershire 5,990 360 North Lincolnshire 2,210 110 South Lincolnshire 1,890 130 Bassetlaw 660 30 Central Nottinghamshire 2,030 160 Nottingham 4,980 360 Barnsley 1,510 110 Doncaster 2,280 150 Rotherham 1,650 120 Sheffield 6,010 310 East Anglian Regional Health Authority Total 14,470 950 Cambridge 2,320 160 Peterborough 1,480 120 West Suffolk 1,520 100 East Suffolk 2,480 130 Norwich 3,550 230 Great Yarmouth and Waveney 1,330 60 West Norfolk and Wisbech 1,080 80 Huntingdon 660 60 North West Thames Regional Health Authority Total 25,820 1,490 North Bedfordshire 1,320 120 South Bedfordshire 1,760 150 North Hertfordshire 910 90 East Hertfordshire 900 90 North West Hertfordshire 3,060 70 South West Hertfordshire 1,040 120 Barnet 2,560 140 Harrow 1,140 120 Hillingdon 1,880 110 Hounslow and Spelthorne 1,680 140 Ealing 1,710 80 Brent 1,940 50 Paddington and North Kensington 1,850 110 Riverside 3,940 100 North East Thames Regional Health Authority Total 31,110 1,820 Basildon and Thurrock 2,130 130 Mid Essex 1,810 100 North East Essex 2,810 130 West Essex 1,450 120 Southend 1,800 120 Barking, Havering and Brentwood 3,120 160 Hampstead 1,990 50 Bloomsbury 3,090 60 Islington 1,330 130 City and Hackney 2,330 150 Newham 1,060 20 Tower Hamlets 2,090 110 Enfield 1,290 110 Haringey 1,220 90 Redbridge 1,310 150 Waltham Forest 2,240 110 South East Thames Regional Health Authority Total 27,740 1,760 337W
Whole-time equivalent Nursing Midwifery Brighton 2,180 40 Eastbourne 1,610 60 Hastings 1,170 80 South East Kent 1,470 100 Canterbury and Thanet 2,400 150 Dartford and Gravesham 1,820 120 Maidstone 1,420 60 Medway 1,420 200 Tunbridge Wells 1,850 120 Bexley 1,430 120 Greenwich 1,790 120 Bromley 1,940 140 West Lambeth 2,240 140 Camberwell 1,780 160 Lewisham and North Southwark 3,220 160 South West Thames Regional Health Authority Total 22,540 1,190 North West Surrey 1,550 110 West Surrey and North East Hants 1,570 90 South West Surrey 1,130 70 Mid Surrey 1,820 70 East Surrey 1,700 50 Chichester 1,330 60 Mid Downs 1,640 120 Worthing 1,350 70 Croydon 2,300 140 Kingston and Esher 1,460 100 Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 1,240 40 Wandsworth 2,700 160 Merton and Sutton 2,640 110 Wessex Regional Health Authority Total 21,620 1,320 East Dorset 2,890 150 West Dorset 1,850 60 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 3,400 250 Southampton and South West Hampshire 3,840 220 Winchester 1,160 110 Basingstoke and North Hampshire 1,610 80 Salisbury 1,350 70 Swindon 1,580 160 Bath 2,930 160 Isle of Wight 1,010 60 Oxford Regional Health Authority Total 15,640 1,220 East Berkshire 1,970 190 West Berkshire 2,720 210 Aylesbury Vale 1,630 60 Wycombe 1,180 140 Milton Keynes 630 80 Kettering 1,350 120 Northampton 2,250 160 Oxfordshire 3,840 250 South Western Regional Health Authority Total 25,590 1,340 Bristol and Weston 3,070 200 Frenchay 2,610 30 Southmead 1,920 190 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 2,730 150 Exeter 3,350 110 338W
Whole-time equivalent Nursing Midwifery North Devon 940 40 Plymouth 2,750 210 Torbay 1,530 60 Cheltenham and District 1,200 90 Gloucester 2,290 130 Somerset 3,120 150 West Midland Regional Health Authority Total 39,770 2,580 Bromsgrove and Redditch 1,150 50 Herefordshire 1,190 50 Kidderminster and District 1,260 30 Worcester and District 1,650 100 Shropshire 2,640 170 Mid Staffordshire 1,700 90 North Staffordshire 3,890 240 South East Staffordshire 1,800 100 Rugby 430 30 North Warwickshire 1,260 110 South Warwickshire 1,840 80 Central Birmingham 2,520 250 East Birmingham 1,360 30 North Birmingham 1,290 140 South Birmingham 2,420 100 West Birmingham 2,440 130 Coventry 2,530 180 Dudley 1,960 120 Sandwell 1,470 80 Solihull 950 180 Walsall 1,800 130 Wolverhampton 2,110 170 Mersey Regional Health Authority Total 21,020 1,230 Chester 1,600 140 Crewe 1,680 110 Halton 570 20 Macclesfield 1,570 60 Warrington 2,370 100 Liverpool 4,860 290 St. Helens and Knowsley 2,460 150 Southport and Formby 1,160 40 South Sefton 2,070 140 Wirral 2,600 180 North Western Regional Health Authority Total 35,430 2,410 Lancaster 2,160 70 Blackpool Wyre and Fylde 2,380 120 Preston 2,390 150 Blackburn Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 2,620 160 Burnley Pendle and Rossendale 2,520 150 West Lancashire 930 50 Chorley and South Ribble 580 40 Bolton 1,720 180 Bury 1,000 90 North Manchester 2,250 120 Central Manchester 1,890 170 South Manchester 2,860 170 Oldham 1,410 130 Rochdale 1,100 110
Whole-time equivalent Nursing Midwifery Salford 3,160 170 Stockport 2,030 170 Tameside and Glossop 1,250 130 Trafford 1,150 70 Wigan 1,900 150 1 Figures include qualified nurses and midwives, learners and unqualified staff but exclude agency staff. 2 Figures are independently rounded to the nearest ten (10) whole time equivalents.
§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of whole-time equivalents(a) nurses and (b) midwives each year since 1979; and if he will estimate the proportion of the change since 1979 attributable to (i) the change in standard hours and (ii) other reasons.
§ Mr. Newton[holding answer 14 December 1987]: The information is given in the table.
NHS nursing and midwifery staff1 2 3 at 30 September—in England wholetime equivalents (WTE) Year Nursing and midwifery Nursing Midwifery 1979 358,400 338,100 20,400 1980 370,100 349,800 20,300 1981 391,800 370,600 21,100 1982 397,100 376,400 20,700 1983 397,100 374,800 22,300 1984 397,500 374,700 22,800 1985 401,200 378,100 23,100 1986 402,700 379,400 23,300 1 Includes qualified nurses and midwives, learners and unqualified staff, and agency staff. 2 Figures are independently rounded to nearest one hundred whole-time equivalents. 3 Figures have not been adjusted to take account of the reduction in hours introduced during 1980–81. But it is estimated that about 23,900 (WTE) of the increase in the combined total of nursing and midwifery staff is due to this reduction. The balance of 30,300 (WTE) is for additional service provision.