Home Helps and District Nurses (Hansard, 18 January 1995)

HC Deb 18 January 1995 vol 252 c552W 552W

§ Mr. Barry Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many(a) home helps and (b) district nurses per 1,000 people over the age of 65 years there were for each of the years 1989 to 1993; and if he will make a statement.

§ Mr. Moss
The information as at 30 June each year is as follows:

Number per 1,000 people aged 65 and over

1989 1990 1991 1992 1993

Home helps 14.3 12.9 11.3 10.6 9.7

District Nurses ¹— 2.4 2.2 2.1 1.8

¹ Information prior to 1990 was not collected on a comparable basis.

Number per 1,000 people aged 65 and over
	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993
Home helps	14.3	12.9	11.3	10.6	9.7
District Nurses	¹—	2.4	2.2	2.1	1.8
¹ Information prior to 1990 was not collected on a comparable basis.