HC Deb 30 April 1990 vol 171 c408W
Mrs. Margaret Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the total number of nursing staff employed in private hospitals in England.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

In the year ending 31 March 1988, the latest date for which this information is available centrally, there were 56,447 nursing staff (whole—time equivalents) employed in private hospitals, homes and clinics in England.

Source: K036 return 1988. Private hospitals, homes and clinics registered under Section 23 of the Registered Homes Act 1984.