§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses working in psychiatric areas in the community per thousand population were employed by the NHS in(a) south Birmingham, (b) north Birmingham in the most recent five years for which figures are available. [9400]
Mr. BowlsThe information is shown in the table.
NHS hospital and community health services nursing and midwifery staff working within the community psychiatric nursing areas of work, excluding senior nurses and agency staff—by South Birmingham and North Birmingham district health authorities as at 30 September each year Per 1,000 head of population 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 South Birmingham DHA1 0.134 0.131 0.127 0.138 0.140 North Birmingham DHA2 0.049 0.056 0.061 0.061 0.125 Notes
1The figure for 1990 includes data for Central Birmingham DHA which merged with South Birmingham in 1991 to form the current South Birmingham DHA.
2The figures for 1990 to 1993 includes data for East Birmingham DHA and West Birmingham DHA which merged with North Birmingham DHA to form the current North Birmingham DHA. Community psychiatric nursing figures include qualified, unqualified and "other" nursing staff working within community psychiatric nursing area of work.
All nursing data are rounded to the nearest 10 whole-time equivalents.
Calculations are based on unrounded figures.
Source:
Nursing figures: Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census.
Population figures: Office of Public Census and Surveys 1994 Mid-year estimates.