§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many(a) full-time and (b) part-time nurses were employed in (i) hospitals, (ii) community service and (iii) general practice in the Welsh NHS in (1) 1980, (2) 1985, (3) 1990 and (4) 1995. [35222]
§ Mr. HagueA reliable split between nursing and midwifery staff employed in the hospital and community service is not separately available, and so the information given in the first part of the table relates to all directly employed NHS staff in the nursing and midwifery group.
Numbers of staff in post 1980 1985 1990 1995 Hospital and community service (excluding pre-registration learners) at 30 September: Full-time 13,264 15,964 17,002 116,152 Part-time 11,798 11,965 13,619 116,515 Nurses in general practice (at 1 October): Full-time 11 15 — — Part-time 95 196 — — Total 106 211 753 21,062 — Information not collected centrally. 1 Excludes staff on local payscales for whom no details of contractual commitment are available centrally. 2 Provisional.