§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many of each category of nurse were employed by the NHS in each of the last 10 years. [108223]
§ Mr. DenhamThe information requested is shown in the tables. Over the past 10 years there have been three methods for collecting this data. Therefore, data for 1989, 1990 to 1994 and 1995 onwards are shown in separate tables and are not directly comparable. 191W
NHS Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS): Nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff, by category, in England, as at 30 September each year Whole time equivalents 1995 1996 1997 1998 Total nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff 330,440 332,660 330,620 332,200 Acute elderly and general 171,560 171,020 170,850 172,110 Paediatric nursing 13,730 14,980 15,060 15,740 Maternity services 26,410 26,530 25,960 26,310 Community psychiatry 9,540 10,530 10,720 11,330 Other psychiatry 42,120 42,050 41,980 40,240 Community learning difficulties 4,790 5,550 6,350 7,010 Other learning difficulties 20,900 19,830 18,030 17,010 Community services 38,920 40,480 40,480 41,430 Education staff 1,760 750 600 580 Other 710 940 590 440 Notes:
1. "Other" are other staff not allocated to a specific occupation code and includes staff employed by SHAs, OSAs and other centrally based services.
2. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
3. Due to rounding, totals may not equal the sum of component parts.
4. Figures exclude learners and agency staff.
5. A new classification of the non-medical workforce was introduced in 1995. Information based on this classification is not directly comparable with earlier years.
Source:
Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census.
NHS Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS): Nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff, by category, in England, as at 30 September each year Whole time equivalent 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 All nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff 395,360 392,200 378,780 361,460 348,690 General nursing 199,150 192,640 186,380 176,660 169,100 Paediatrics 10,660 11,070 11,770 11,950 12,300 Mental health (hospital) 55,560 54,730 52,850 48,790 47,320 Community psychiatric nursing (CPNs) 3,610 3,760 4,230 4,340 4,780 Learning disabilities (hospital) 31,360 29,720 28,290 26,970 26,110 Community learning disabilities (CLDNs) 1,600 1,880 1,930 1,870 2,030 Midwifery-seniors 140 120 90 100 80 Midwifery-qualified (hospital) 15,640 15,540 16,090 15,520 15,200 Midwifery-qualified (community) 4,200 4,100 4,160 4,010 4,050 Midwifery-learners 3,810 3,220 2,560 2,020 1,500 Maternity 8,470 8,540 8,540 9,000 8,670 District nurses 10,390 9,900 9,650 9,460 8,680 District nurses trainees 610 520 400 340 290 Health visitors 10,580 10,380 10,250 10,190 9,670 Health visitor students 810 720 600 490 400 School nurses 2,540 2,460 2,440 2,470 2,350 Other community 14,010 14,110 14,530 15,000 15,160 Others 22,230 28,790 24,030 22,290 20,970 Notes:
1. Figures from 1990 to 1994 include learners and bank staff.
2. "Other" are other staff not allocated to a specific occupation code and includes staff employed by SHAs, OSAs and other centrally based services.
3. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
4. Due to rounding, totals may not equal the sum of component parts.
5. Figures exclude agency staff.
6. 1989 figures collected using different categories of nurses therefore not directly comparable with 1990–1995.
Source:
Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census.
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NHS Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS): Nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff, by category, in England, as at 30 September 1989 Whole time equivalents Number All nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff 398,660 General administration 1,190 General nursing 110,700 Younger chronic disabled 1,160 Geriatrics 23,090 Y.C.D/Geriatrics 15,740 Paediatrics 9,670 Gen/Geri/Paed Bank 4,580 Mental illness 51,340 Mental handicap 29,780 Midwifery 23,170 Maternity 8,100 Community health 34,670 School health 2,790 Centrally based 3,180 Education 64,090 Other 15,400
NHS funded pre-registration nursing and midwifery training commissions Nursing diploma Degree1 Total pre-reg. Midwifery degree2 Diploma Total pre-reg. Other3 Total pre-reg. N&M Adjusted pre-reg. total 4 1992–93 14,883 190 15,073 42 206 248 1,292 15,321 16,338 1993–94 12,439 199 12,638 92 450 542 1,215 13,180 14,197 1994–95 10,594 255 10,849 92 522 614 1,044 11,463 12,480 1995–96 11,495 256 11,751 128 485 613 1,030 12,364 13,381 1996–97 13,011 297 13,308 161 498 659 993 13,967 14,984 1997–98 14,429 297 14,726 224 572 796 908 15,522 16,539 1998–995 15,155 1,201 16,356 254 611 865 892 17,221 17,221 1 The step change in degree commissions in 1998–99 is a result of the transfer of funding from DfEE to DH following Dearing. 2 Midwifery data for 1992–93 are incomplete. Some degree data missing (possibly 60 places) for 1993–94, 1994–95—possibly 24 places in 1995–96, 1996–97 onwards is complete. 3 Post-registration students, who are already qualified nurses, undertaking a full-time shortened diploma or degree course or part-time equivalent leading to a second registration as a midwife. 4 Adjusted to take account of the Dearing report transfer 1,017 places 1992–93 to 1997–98 inclusive. 5 Unvalidated 1998–99 outturn.
§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses are planned to be in training for each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review. [108162]
§ Mr. DenhamWe recognise that we need to train more nurses, which is why we committed ourselves to delivering 6,000 new nurse training places during the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
Precise data on the number of places each year are not available. However, the target was based upon delivering 1,000 of the new places in each year, and we are now planning to deliver around 1,600 in the current year.
§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses who joined the NHS in each of the last 10 years were at some stage previously employed as nurses in the NHS. [108166]
194WNotes:
1. "Other" includes staff employed by SHAs, OSAs and other centrally based services.
2. Figures include qualified and unqualified nurses, learners and bank staff.
3. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
4. Due to rounding, totals may not equal the sum of component parts.
5. Figures exclude agency staff.
6. A new classification of the non-medical workforce was introduced in 1995. This was based on occupation code rather than payscale. Information using the new classification is therefore not directly comparable with earlier years.
Source:
Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census for 1989.
§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses were in training in each of the last 10 years. [108167]
§ Mr. DenhamInformation about numbers of nurses in training is not available for 1989–90, 1990–91 and 1991–92. Data for 1998–99 are unvalidated. Available information for nurses in training is shown in the table:
§ Mr. DenhamInformation is available which shows that, as a result of the 1999 recruitment campaign, by 31 December 1999 almost 2,600 former nurses and midwives had already returned to work in the NHS and a further 2,400 are preparing to join them.
Information on previous years is not held centrally.