§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales by each health authority district area in Wales, how many senior nurse posts have been lost in each of the past, five years according to(a) director of nursing services—DNS—level, (b) assistant DNS, (c) senior nursing support posts and (d) senior nursing officers; and how many posts in each category have been lost through (i) redeployment and (ii) retirement.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesInformation on the number of posts is not available centrally. However some information on the number and whole-time equivalent number of senior nurses/senior midwives is given in the table. Due to the regrading of staff during 1988–89, comparable information is not available for previous years. Senior nurse support staff cannot be separately identified.