HC Deb 10 January 1996 vol 269 c229W
Mr. Etherington

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will give, for each year since 1989, the total number of(a) district nurses, (b) health visitors, (c) practice nurses, (d) midwives and (e) nursery nurses employed by Sunderland district health authority; [6308]

(2) if he will give, for each year since 1989, the total number and the percentage of (a) district nurses, (b) health visitors, (c) practice nurses and (d) midwives employed by Sunderland district health authority on Whitley council or equivalent employment grades. [6309]

Mr. Horam

The information available is shown in the tables.

NHS Hospital and Community Health Services District Nurses, Health Visitors, Midwives and Nursery Nurses employed by Sunderland Health Authority (DHA) at 30 September 1989 to 19941
Whole-time equivalents
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 41994
District Nurses2 80 90 90 100 80
Health Visitors3 70 80 70 70 60
Midwives 150 160 160 150 140
Nursery Nurses

Notes:

1 All staff in groups specified were employed by Sunderland DHA on Whitley council pay scales.

2 Excludes senior nurses 1–5. Includes senior nurses 6–8 in health visiting, health visitors, HV fieldwork teachers, school health visitors, TB visitors with HV certificates, bank health visitors and dual/triple posts (HV/DN/Mid).

3Excludes senior nurses 1–5. Includes senior nurses 6–8 in district nursing, district nurses, district nurse practical work teachers, holders of dual post (DN/midwife), and bank district nurses.

4There were no staff in the groups specified employed by Sunderland DHA at September 1994 because on 1 April 1994 the two directly managed units in Sunderland DHA attained NHS trust status. There were 80 district nurses, 60 health visitors, 130 midwives and no nursery nurses employed by these NHS trusts at 30 September 1994.

—denotes zero.

All figures rounded to the nearest 10.

Source:

Department of Health non-medical workforce census.

General medical services practice nurses employed in Sunderland Family Health Services Authority (FHSA) at 1 October 1989–1994
Whole-time equivalents
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Practice Nurses 10 30 40 40 40 40

Notes:

GMS practice nurses are not FHSA employees.

Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 whole-time equivalents.

Source:

Department of Health bi-annual census of general medical practitioners.

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