HC Deb 02 February 1995 vol 253 c835W
Mr. Nicholas Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses were employed by the NHS(a) in 1989 and (b) at present.

Mr. Sackville

Qualified and unqualified nursing and midwifery staff employed in the NHS, excluding agency staff, in England as at 30 September each year, whole-time equivalents1.

Number
1989
Total 3340,590
Student population 262,100
1993
Total 3350,020
Student population 249,040
Source:
Non-medical work force census.
Notes:
1 All figures are whole-time equivalents, rounded to the nearest 10, as at 30 September of each year.
2 The student population figure for 1993 includes approximately 28,000 Project 2000 students. Traditional salaried training of nurses is being replaced by non-salaried Project 2000 training which was implemented in 1989, although the student population for 1989 does not contain any project 2000 students. Project 2000 students are supernumerary and not included in workforce numbers.
3 Figures include practice nurses who are employed and paid by general practitioners.

Source:

PD (scats) B non-medical work force census.

Project 2000 figures obtained from English National Board annual report.

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