§ Mr. MacleanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) nurses and (b) doctors were employed in hospitals in Cumbria in each year since 1979. [44842]
§ Mr. MilburnInformation from 1982 (the earliest year for which information is available) is shown in the table.
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National Health Service hospital and community health services hospital medical staff1 and nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff2 in Cumbria3 1982 to 1997 whole-time equivalents Year Hospital medical staff Nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff 1982 6— 3,130 1983 6— 3,150 1984 6— 3,240 1985 6— 3,290 1986 6— 3,310 1987 6— 3,290 1988 6— 3,300 1989 6— 3,360 1990 6— 3,260
National Health Service hospital and community health services hospital medical staff1 and nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff2 in Cumbria3 1982 to 1997 whole-time equivalents Year Hospital medical staff Nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff 1991 6— 3,230 1992 6— 3,290 1993 6— 4— 1994 6— 3,210 1995 390 53,340 1996 400 3,060 1997 6— 3,050 1 Prior to 1995 contracts for consultants, senior registrars and registrars were held and reported by regional health authorities. These data cannot be disaggregated to sub-region level 2 Figures exclude agency nurses, learners and staff directly employed by Colleges of Nursing and Midwifery 3 "Cumbria" has been defined as hospital and community health service units within the following health authority areas: 1982 to 1993: East, South and West Cumbria District Health Authorities 1994 to 1997: North Cumbria Health Authority and Morecambe Bay Health Authority (excluding Lancaster Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and Lancaster Priority Services NHS Trust) 4 It is not possible to identify all staff employed in specific health authority areas in 1993 as some staff were returned centrally by the regional health authority 5 Figures from 1995 are not directly comparable with those for earlier years because new occupation codes were used to classify staff from 1995, replacing the old payscale based system 6 Not available Note:
Figures are rounded to the nearest ten whole-time equivalents
Source:
Department of Health's annual medical and dental, and non-medical workforce censuses