§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list by name of subject and health authority the independent inquiries established under HSG(94)27 which are currently being conducted; [113748]
57W(2) if he will list by name of report and health authority all the independent homicide inquiries established under HSG(94)27, the reports of which were published since February 1994. [113749]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 9 March 2000]: The information requested has been placed in the Library.
NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): All nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff, Practice Nurses and NHS Doctors within London Regional Office Area and England as at 30 September each year All nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff Practice nurses NHS doctors Whole-time equivalent Numbers (headcount) Whole-time equivalent Numbers (headcount) London regional office area England London regional office area England London regional office area England London regional office area England 1979 1— 316,840 1— 372,070 1— 990 1— 59,850 1980 1— 327,800 1— 381,560 1— 1,070 1— 61,270 1981 1— 347,010 1— 397,420 1— 1,240 1— 62,560 1982 64,370 391,110 71,210 447,540 1— 1,450 1— 63,540 1983 67,380 394,680 76,410 452,380 1— 1,660 1— 64,820 1984 66,680 393,740 77,320 452,450 1— 1,920 1— 65,130 1985 64,990 397,030 77,270 458,410 1— 2,210 1— 66,040 1986 63,920 397,240 75,260 459,080 1— 2,500 1— 66,770 1987 59,270 397,910 72,900 463,310 2300 22,770 11,800 69,530 1988 62,920 397,840 76,200 465,060 410 3,480 12,050 70,910 1989 63,670 398,660 77,890 467,700 570 4,630 12,580 72,450 1990 58,020 395,360 64,630 463,790 1,140 7,740 12,560 73,720 1991 63,960 396,130 73,520 477,570 1,230 8,780 12,880 74,680 1992 65,640 382,020 76,850 463,740 1,210 9,120 12,910 75,740 1993 57,480 366,240 66,160 450,360 1,390 9,600 13,910 77,280 1994 55,160 353,130 64,340 436,100 1,320 9,100 14,630 77,970 1995 49,410 330,440 59,010 411,840 1,370 9,740 15,560 81,000 1996 51,180 332,660 60,910 415,750 1,460 9,820 15,790 83,090 1997 51,450 330,620 62,140 417,570 1,530 10,080 16,550 86,050 1998 51,610 332,200 63,870 421,750 1,550 10,360 16,870 88,230 1 Not applicable. 2 Data for London in 1987 are incomplete, there are no data below national level prior to 1987. In April 1996, FHSAs merged to form Health Authorities, in this process some of Barnet FHSA split to form part of West Hertfordshire (which is not in the London Region). Notes:
- 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest ten.
- 2. 1995 to 1998 figures exclude learners and agency staff. Figures from 1982 to 1994 include learners, trainees and students.
- 3. England figures for 1979 to 1981 include staff in certain centrally-based services, ie, family planning, occupational health and staff nurseries. Excluded are regional nursing officers, nursing cadets, agency staff and staff in the blood transfusion service and primary health care services. These figures were taken from 'Health and personal Social Services Statistics for England'.
- 4. London Regional Office Area figures from 1979 to 1981 are not available.
- 5. Due to a change in classification in 1995 for collecting the data, from payscale to occupation code, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998 figures are not comparable with earlier years.
Source:
Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census.
Notes for Practice Nurses:
1. The whole of Barnet FHSA has been included prior to 1996, data from 1996 onwards will not include staff who left Barnet FHSA to join West Hertfordshire HA.
Source:
Department of Health General and Personal Medical Services Statistics.
Notes for NHS Doctors:
- 1. All Doctors includes doctors in hospitals, public health medicine, the community health services. General Medical Services and Personal Medical Services. Hospital Practitioners and Clinical Assistants are excluded, as most of these are also GPs. The figures exclude doctors working in the HCHS sector in one of the dental specialities.
- 2. London figures should be interpreted with caution. The London Regional Office came into being on 1 April 1999 while the former Thames Regional Offices covered areas outside London. The 1998 figures are for the (shadow) London Regional Office. The 1987 to 1997 figures are estimates from Health Authorities (Family Health Service Authorities and District Health Authorities prior to 1996) or NHS Trusts that would now be in the London Region. Some HCHS doctors may be counted more than once. This is because they will be counted once for each region where they worked, based on the regional structure in place at the time, and also in the current London region which overlaps with more than one of the former regions.
- 3. It is not possible to provide numbers for all doctors in London from 1979 to 1986. While estimates for GPs are available, because these were returned by Family Service Health Authorities, estimates for all other doctors are not because these were only returned at regional level and the former Thames regions are not comparable with the new London region.