§ Mr. CallaghanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by district health authority in the north-west region(a) the current nursing staff establishment, (b) the number in post at the last available date and (c) the number who have left the service of the National Health Service in the past year.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe numbers of nursing and midwifery staff in post by district health authority in the North-Western region are set out in the table.
NHS Nursing and Midwifery staff in post at 30 September 1988 Number Lancaster 2,125 Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde 2,544 Preston 2,490
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In-patient waiting list, surgical specialties', by district health authority North Western region, as at 31 March 1985 to 1989 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Health authority Urgent Non-urgent Total Urgent Non-urgent Total Urgent Non-urgent Total Total2 Total2 Lancaster 155 1,902 2,057 118 1,957 2,075 19 2,269 2,288 2,281 2,813 Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde 270 3,073 3,343 442 3,625 4,067 511 3,816 4,327 3,232 3,218 Preston 11 4,131 4,142 69 4,501 4,570 29 4,462 4,491 4,774 4,840 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 26 2,342 2,368 8 2,015 2,023 9 2,387 2,396 3,213 3,759 Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 195 2,228 2,423 276 2,191 2,467 255 1,812 2,067 2,201 1,704 West Lancashire 14 1,743 1,757 28 1,892 1,920 16 2,431 2,447 2,336 2,778 Chorley and South Ribble — 864 864 0 764 764 0 770 770 666 636 Bolton 25 2,643 2,668 40 2,788 2,828 118 3,013 3,131 2,590 2,930 Bury — 969 969 6 729 735 0 731 731 825 373 North Manchester 77 2,812 2,889 168 2,454 2,622 82 2,331 2,413 3,031 2,331 Central Manchester 164 4,252 4,416 337 4,843 5,180 291 6,070 6,361 6,843 7,557 South Manchester 726 4,875 5,601 682 4,935 5,617 459 5,529 5,988 6,888 7,242 Oldham 348 4,140 4,488 321 4,058 4,379 447 4,475 4,922 4,249 4,903 Rochdale 57 2,708 2,765 122 2,911 3,033 118 2,815 2,933 2,821 3,280 Salford 179 3,868 4,047 120 3,708 3,828 219 4,517 4,736 2,627 4,187 Stockport 366 4,085 4,451 403 3,698 4,101 290 3,794 4,084 4,324 4,257 Tameside and Glossop 110 1,883 1,993 100 1,533 1,633 80 1,526 1,606 1,604 1,476 Trafford 8 965 973 25 1,476 1,501 5 1,528 1,533 1,467 1,459 Wigan 69 4,022 4,091 74 4,281 4,355 40 4,418 4,458 4,080 4,310 North Western 2,800 53,505 56,305 3,339 54,359 57,698 2,988 58,694 61,682 60,052 64,053
Number Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 1,935 Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 3,237 West Lancashire 918 Chorley and South Ribble 606 Bolton 1,903 Bury 1,103 North Manchester 2,451 Central Manchester 2,073 South Manchester 3,121 Oldham 1,485 Rochdale 1,174 Salford 3,318 Stockport 2,162 Tameside and Glossop 1,420 Trafford 1,230 Wigan 2,114 Source: Annual Census of NHS Non-Medical Manpower.
(I)-Includes agency staff: figures are rounded to the nearest whole time equivalent.
Current nursing establishments in each district health authority in the north-western region are not available centrally. Data on the number of nursing and midwifery staff who have left the National Health Service in the 1988–89 year are not yet available.