§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo 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. HoramThe 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:
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- 1. Community psychiatric nursing figures include qualified, unqualified and 'other' nursing staff working within community psychiatric nursing area of work.
- 2. Community psychiatric nursing staff in region headquarters are included.
- 3. 1denotes figure less than five n/a denotes not applicable.
- 4. Total may not equal the sum of components due to rounding.
- 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.