HC Deb 12 April 2000 vol 348 cc210-1W
Mr. Ashdown

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) nurses, (b) doctors, (c) consultants and (d) midwives were employed by the (i) East Somerset Health Authority and (ii) Yeovil district hospital in each year since 1992; and if he will make a statement. [118639]

Mr. Denham

[holding answer 11 April 2000): The information requested is shown in the table.

NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): nursing and midwifery staff and hospital staff, within Somerset Health Authority, and for East Somerset NHS Trust, for each year as at 30 September
Number (headcount)
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Somerset Health Authority1
Nursing staff 3,330 3,440 3,500 3,180 2,780 2,610 2,560
All hospital medical staff2 310 320 350 400 410 440 460
Consultants 80 100 120 130 130 140 150
Midwifery staff 190 190 200 190 180 180 190
East Somerset NHS Trust
Nursing staff 850 850 870 930 750 700 750
All hospital medical staff2 100 90 110 120 120 140 140
Consultants 30 20 30 40 40 40 40
Midwifery staff 70 60 70 50 70 60 70
1 Somerset Health Authority includes Somerset Health Authority, Avalon, Somerset NHS Trust, East Somerset NHS Trust and Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust.
2 Hospital medical staff includes all doctors working in hospitals within the HCHS sector.

Notes:

  1. 1. 1992, 1993 and 1994 figures include agency staff and exclude learners.
  2. 2. 1995 to 1998 figures exclude agency staff and learners.
  3. 3. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
  4. 4. A new classification of the non-medical workforce was introduced in 1995. Information based on this classification is not directly comparable with earlier years.

Sources:

  1. 1. Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census.
  2. 2. Department of Health Medical and Dental Workforce Census.