§ Mr. LeadbitterTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for each district of the Northern regional health authority the number of(a) in-patients, (b) qualified nursing staff and (c) consultants for the latest available year; and if he will give figures for the five previous years.
§ Mr. FreemanThe information requested is given in the tables.
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(b) Qualified nursing and midwifery staff at 30 September 1983–1988 (Excludes agency staff) Whole-time equivalents1 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 Northern RHA 15,730 16,040 16,590 16,910 17,230 17,410 Northern HQ 10 10 10 10 10 10 Hartlepool 500 490 520 540 570 580 North Tees 700 700 700 750 820 820 South Tees 1,740 1,710 1,770 1,780 1,860 1,870 East Cumbria 930 920 940 960 980 990 South Cumbria 670 710 730 730 730 740 West Cumbria 680 710 710 710 700 700 Darlington 790 800 810 800 780 730 Durham 700 710 760 750 760 770 North West Durham 450 450 460 470 470 470 South West Durham 890 930 950 950 950 970 Northumberland 1,500 1,610 1,640 1,670 1,750 1,730 Gateshead 800 800 810 870 870 870 Newcastle 2,750 2,740 2,960 3,050 3,090 3,280 North Tyneside 580 640 640 660 670 660 South Tyneside 560 610 600 620 620 620 Sunderland l,490 1,490 1,560 1,590 1,600 1,610 SourceDH (SM13C) Annual Census of NHS Non-Medical Manpower.
1 All figures are rounded to the nearest ten (10) whole-time equivalent.
2Excludes midwifery students and health visitor students.
(c) Hospital medical and dental consultants at 30 September each year Northern region Newcastle district health authority (teaching) 1983 908 289 1984 922 291 1985 954 297 1986 973 302 1987 1,000 308 1988 1,003 277 Note: Includes permanent paid and honorary staff.
Contracts for consultants in non-teaching district health authorities are held by the regional health authorities. Districts where these staff work cannot be identified centrally, and are therefore included with the regional total.