§ Mr. RaffanTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the number of community psychiatric nurses in Wales at the present time; and how many there were in 1979.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettInformation is available only on the total staff in post for all nursing and midwifery staff. Between September 1979 and 1989 the whole-time equivalents of these had risen by 22 per cent. to 28,037 (this does not take into account the reduction in nurses' hours in 1980).
The Department is working closely with district health authorities to enable accurate breakdowns of these staff into areas of work to be made in future.