§ Mr. AustinTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) health visitors (b) district nurses, and (c) school nurses will become eligible to retire at age 55 years within the next five years; and what proportion of the current workforce in each case this represents. [112453]
§ Mr. DenhamThe available information is in the table. Numbers of school nurses are not collected centrally.
National Health Service Hospital and Community Health Services Staff (HCHS) nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff working
in the health visitor and district nurse area of work by specific age
in England as at 30 September 1998
whole-time equivalent Age 50 51 52 53 54 Health Visitors 420 450 410 360 360 Percentage of total health visitors 4.2 4.4 4.1 3.6 3.6 District Nurses 440 480 380 340 330 Percentage of total district nurses 3.9 4.2 3.3 3.0 2.9 Notes:
1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10
2. Figures exclude agency staff
Source:
Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census