HC Deb 19 December 1995 vol 268 cc1139-40W
Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many whole-time equivalent NHS community psychiatric nurses were employed by English regions per thousand population on 30 September 1994. [6751]

Mr. Horam

The available information about nurses working in psychiatric areas in the community who are employed by the national health service is shown in the table.

NHS Hospital and Community Health Services Nursing and Midwifery staff working within the Community Psychiatric Nursing Area of Work (excluding Senior nurses and Agency staff)—England by Region as at 30 September 1994
Whole-time equivalents
Nurses working in community psychiatric areas of work Per 1,000 head of population
England 4,760 0.098
Northern and yorkshire 670 0.101
Trent 480 0.101
Anglia and Oxford 420 0.080
North Thames 610 0.089
South Thames 560 0.083
South and West 800 0.122
West Midlands 470 0.089
North West 750 0.113
Special Health Authorities [...] n/a

Notes:

  1. 1. Community psychiatric nursing figures include qualified, unqualified and 'other' nursing staff working within community psychiatric nursing area of work.
  2. 2. Community psychiatric nursing staff in region headquarters are included.
  3. 3. 1denotes figure less than five n/a denotes not applicable.
  4. 4. Total may not equal the sum of components due to rounding.
  5. 5. All nursing data are rounded to the nearest ten whole-time equivalents.

Source:

Nursing figures—Department of Health non-medical workforce census.

Population figures—Public Health Common Data Set 1995.