§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many senior nurse manager posts there were in each region in each year since 1989.
§ Mr. Sackville[holding answer 18 January 1993]: Information on the number of nurse manager posts in each region is not collected centrally. The table shows the number of senior nurses in posts paid on review body pay scales in each year since 1989. There are in addition senior nurse managers on the pay arrangements for general and senior managers; the numbers of these senior nurses cannot be disaggregated from other senior managerial staff. The fall in nurse numbers is a result of the continuing transfer of senior nursing staff to the managerial grades and the growing numbers of Project 2000 trainees who are not counted in the manpower figures.
Senior Nurses, by RHA, whole time equivalents September 1989 September 1990 September 1991 Northern 240 150 120 Yorkshire 200 140 170 Trent 250 190 160 East Anglian 90 60 60 North West Thames 300 300 150 North East Thames 350 260 210 South East Thames 240 170 120 South West Thames 180 130 110 Wessex 140 110 90 Oxford 130 120 120 South Western 140 90 70 West Midlands 310 270 240 Mersey 140 100 90 North Western 270 250 260 SHAs 50 40 40 OSAs — — — England 3,030 2,370 2,010 Source: Non Medical Manpower Census, HAP(STATS)B, NHSME Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 wte.