§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the number(a) employed and (b) in training as (i) health visitors, (ii) school nurses, (iii) district nurses and (iv) community psychiatric nurses. [36728]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonEstimates for the information requested are not available. The table provides the latest "actual" information available.
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Selected qualified nurses employed in the NHSiS at 30 September 1995; and nurses in training at 31 March 1996 Headcount Whole-time equivalent (a) Employed (i) Health visitor (HV)1 1,604 1,429.6 Grade G and above 1,460 1,316.8 Below grade G 144 112.8 (ii) School nurse 371 278.8 (iii) District nurse (DN)1 2,174 1,733.1 Grade G and above 1,190 1,027.7 Below grade G 984 705.4 (iv) Community psychiatric nurse 445 432.4 (v) Combined duty nurse 519 462.6 HV/DN 24 23.5 HV/DN/Midwife 93 91.0 DN/Midwife 365 313.1 HV/Midwife 37 35.0 (b) In training2 (i) Health visitor 124 —
Selected qualified nurses employed in the NHSiS at 30 September 1995; and nurses in training at 31 March 1996 Headcount Whole-time equivalent (ii) School nurse 37 — (iii) District nurse 130 — (iv) Community psychiatric nurse 69 — Notes:
1Includes health visiting and district nursing teaching staff, and staff working in the field without a HV/DN qualification. The category `grade G and above' gives a broad indication of those staff with a HV/DN qualification.
2'Includes nurses in training who are not sponsored by the NHS. Some nurses in training may also be included in nurse figures elsewhere in the table.
Source:
National Manpower Statistics from Payroll (NAMS), Information and Statistics Division, NBS Computerised Training Index, National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Scotland.