HC Deb 10 July 1995 vol 263 cc437-8W
Ms Jowell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many whole-time equivalent community psychiatric nurses were working in the NHS in each year since 1992; and how many of these CPNs have received training to implement the proposed power of supervised discharge. [32243]

Mr. Sackville

The number of whole-time equivalent qualified, unqualified and "other" nursing staff—excluding agency—working in the community psychiatric nursing area of work in the national health service hospital and community health services in each year since 1992 is as follows:

  • 1992: 4,210
  • 1993: 4,320

Notes:

  1. 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest ten whole-time equivalents.
  2. 2. Agency staff are excluded.
  3. 3. Figures are for England as at 30 September each year.
  4. 4. 1993 is the latest year for which figures are available.

Source:

PD(STATS)B Non-Medical Workforce Census.

Information on nursing staff in the community psychiatric area of work who have undertaken training to implement the proposed power of supervised discharge is not available centrally.