HC Deb 18 April 1996 vol 275 c575W
Ms Harman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many diabetic nurses and paediatric nurses there are(a) by region and (b) nationally. [25527]

Mr. Horam

The number of nurses holding specialist qualifications in diabetic care is not available centrally.

The information relating to nurses working in the paediatric area of work is shown in the table.

NHS hospital and community health services—HCHS—nurses working in the paediatric area of work, excluding agency and learners, by region in England at 30 September 1994
whole-time equivalents
Nurses working in the paediatric area of work
England 11.950
Northern and Yorkshire 1,690
Trent 1,390
Anglia and Oxford 920
North Thames 1,080
South Thames 1,140
South and West 1,240
West Midlands 1,460
North West 2,320
Special health authorities and others 700
Not included in the above
Learners1 350

Notes:

1Learners are nurses on traditional training courses in the paediatric area of work. Project 2000 training was introduced in 1989 and has gradually replaced traditional pre-registration nurse training. There were 2,360 Project 2000 students at May 1994 on childrens nursing courses; these figures are headcounts and cannot be added to other figures in the table which are whole-time equivalents at September 1994.

Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

Total does not equal the sum of the components due to rounding.

Source:

Department of Health non-medical work force census.

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