HC Deb 15 June 1994 vol 244 c614W
Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what are the planned numbers of health visitors, district nurses, school nurses, community psychiatric nurses, health visitor students and district nurse students for each year from 1995 to 1999.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

The information on planned numbers of health visitors, district nurses, school nurses and community psychiatric nurses is not available in the format requested.

The number of health visitor students and district nurse students are reviewed annually to take account of the latest work force planning information. Figures for 1995–1999 are therefore not available.

Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the number of health visitors, district nurses, school nurses and community psychiatric nurses expressed as whole-time equivalents in September in each year from 1988 to 1992.

Mr. Martyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many health visitors were employed in each health authority or NHS trust in Wales in each year since 1985 in terms of both full-time and part-time employees.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

Information for nursing staff is available centrally from the NHS payroll system and associated information systems. Detailed breakdowns, from this source, of the number of nursing staff employed by health authorities and NHS trusts into occupational groups such as those requested are not considered reliable.