HC Deb 13 March 1992 vol 205 cc747-8W
Mr. John Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses worked for general practitioners in 1978–79, 1983–84, 1990–91 and at the latest available date, respectively.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

The number of GP practice nurses—whole-time equivalent—in England were: 888 in October 1978; 1,657 in October 1983, and 7,698 in October 1990—the latest figure available.