§ Mr. Edward DaveyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many school nurses were employed in each health authority in England and Wales in(a) 1979, (b) 1987, (c) 1997, (d) 1998 and (e) 1999; and if he will make a statement; [137869]
(2) what proposals he has for adopting a benchmark for the provision of school nurses within a health authority in terms of the number of pupils per school nurse; [137867]
(3) if he has received a copy of the report 'School Nursing within the Public Health Agenda' jointly published by the Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association, the Queen's Nursing Institute and the Royal College of Nursing; and if he will make a statement; [137866]
733W(4) what proposals he has to increase the total number of school nurses across England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.[137868]
§ Mr. DenhamData on the numbers of school nurses employed by health authority in 1987 are shown in the table. This information is not available for the other years. Information on numbers of school nurses after 1995 is not available due to a change in occupation codes used.
The school years offer an invaluable opportunity for the promotion of healthy living which sets the pattern for lifestyle and health status in adulthood. School nurses have an important role to play in meeting the needs of school-aged children and young people. The documents "Saving Lives", "Supporting Families" and "Making a Difference" identify and support a comprehensive programme of action for developing the public health role of school nursing. We look forward to receiving a copy of the report "School Nursing within the Public Health Agenda".
It is for health authorities and GP purchasers, with advice from professional colleagues, to determine benchmarks for the numbers, nature and levels of nursing staff and the training required to deliver cost effective school health services. The National Health Service Plan sets out increases in the numbers of nurses undertaking nursing training. Between now and 2004 there will be 5,500 extra nurses and midwives being trained each year than today and around 45,000 nurses and midwives will have come out of training. This means an increased supply of qualified nurses from which school nurses can be recruited and trained.
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NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): School nursing staff by Health Authority in England as at 30 September 1987 Whole time equivalent England 2,960 Northern 240 North Tees District HA 20 South Tees District HA 40 East Cumbria District HA 10 South Cumbria District HA 10 West Cumbria District HA 10 Darlington District HA 10 Durham District HA 10 North West Durham District HA 10 South West Durham District HA 10 Northumberland Health Authority 1— Gateshead District HA 10 Newcastle District HA 40 North Tyneside District HA 10 South Tyneside District HA 10 Sunderland Health Commission 30 Hartlepool District HA 10 Yorkshire 240 Hull District HA 20 East Yorkshire District HA 10 Grimsby District HA 10 Scunthorpe District HA 10 Northallerton District HA 1— York District HA 20 Scarborough District HA 10 Harrogate District HA 1— Bradford District HA 60 Huddersfield District HA 10 735W
NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): School nursing staff by Health Authority in England as at 30 September 1987 Whole time equivalent Dewsbury District HA 10 Leeds Western District HA 30 Leeds Eastern District HA 50 Wakefield District HA 1— Pontefract District HA 1— Trent 340 North Derbyshire District HA 10 Southern Derbyshire Health 30 Leicestershire HA 70 North Lincolnshire District HA 10 South Lincolnshire District HA 20 Bassetlaw District HA 10 Central Nottinghamshire District HA 30 Nottingham HA 50 Barnsley District HA 1— Doncaster District HA 20 Rotherham HA 30 Sheffield Health 50 East Anglia 80 Cambridge District HA 20 Peterborough District HA 10 West Suffolk District HA 10 East Suffolk District HA 10 Norwich District HA 20 Great Yarmouth and Waveney District HA 10 West Norfolk and Wisbech District HA 10 Huntingdon District HA 10 NW Thames 230 North Bedfordshire District HA 10 South Bedfordshire District HA 30 North Hertfordshire District HA 1— East Hertfordshire District HA 10 North West Hertfordshire District HA 10 South West Hertfordshire District HA 10 Barnet HA 30 Harrow District HA 10 Hillingdon Health Agency 1— Hounslow and Spelthorne District HA 20 Ealing District HA 30 Brent District HA 20 Paddington and North Kensington District HA 20 Riverside District HA 30 NE Thames 220 Basildon and Thurrock District HA 20 Mid Essex District HA 10 North East Essex District HA 10 West Essex District HA 10 Southend District HA 20 Barking, Havering and Brentwood District Health 10 Hampstead District HA 20 Bloomsbury District HA 20 Islington District HA 20 City and Hackney District HA 20 Newham District HA 10 Tower Hamlets District HA 30 Enfield District HA 20 Haringey District HA 10 Redbridge District HA 1— Waltham Forest District HA 10 SE Thames 190 Brighton District HA 20 Eastbourne District HA 1— South East Kent District HA 10 736W
NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): School nursing staff by Health Authority in England as at 30 September 1987 Whole time equivalent Canterbury and Thanet District HA 10 Dartford and Gravesham District HA 10 Maidstone District HA 10 Medway District HA 10 Bexley District HA 10 Greenwich District HA 20 West Lambeth District HA 10 Camberwell District HA 30 Lewisham and North Southwark District HA 30 SW Thames 150 North West Surrey District HA 10 West Surrey and North East Hampshire District HA 10 South West Surrey District HA 10 Mid Surrey District HA 10 East Surrey District HA 1— Chichester District HA 10 Mid Downs District HA 20 Worthing District HA 10 Croydon Health Commissioning Agency 30 Kingston and Esher District HA 10 Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton District HA 20 Wandsworth District HA 10 Merton and Sutton District HA 10 Wessex 130 East Dorset District HA 20 West Dorset District HA 1— Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Health 1— Commissioning Agency 30 Southampton and South West Hampshire Health Commissioning Agency 20 Winchester District HA 10 Basingstoke and North Hampshire District HA 10 Salisbury District HA 1— Swindon District HA 10 Bath District HA 30 Isle of Wight Health Commission 10 Oxford 110 East Berkshire District HA 20 West Berkshire District HA 30 Wycombe District HA 10 Milton Keynes District HA 1— Kettering District HA 20 Northampton District HA 10 Oxfordshire District HA 10 South Western 180 Bristol and Weston District HA 30 Frenchay District HA 20 Southmead District HA 20 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly District and Family Health 20 Exeter District HA 20 North Devon District HA 10 Plymouth District HA 20 Torbay District HA 10 Cheltenham and District District HA 10 Gloucester District HA 10 Somerset HA 10 West Midlands 340 Bromsgrove and Redditch District HA 10 Herefordshire HA 1— Kidderminster and District District HA 1— Worcester and District District HA 10
NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): School nursing staff by Health Authority in England as at 30 September 1987 Whole time equivalent Shropshire HA 10 Mid Staffordshire District HA 10 North Staffordshire HA 40 South East Staffordshire District HA 20 Rugby District HA 1— North Warwickshire District HA 20 South Warwickshire District HA 10 Central Birmingham District HA 20 East Birmingham District HA 10 North Birmingham District HA 10 South Birmingham District HA 30 West Birmingham District HA 20 Coventry HA 10 Dudley HA 20 Sandwell HA 30 Solihull Health 10 Walsall HA 20 Wolverhampton HA 20 Mersey 230 Chester District HA 20 Crewe District HA 10 Halton District HA 10 Macclesfield District HA 10 Warrington District HA 20 Liverpool HA 70 St. Helens and Knowsley HA 40 Southport and Formby District HA 10 South Sefton (Merseyside) District HA 20 Wirral HA 30 North Western 260 Lancaster District HA 1— Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde District HA 10 Preston District HA 1— Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley District HA 30 Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale District HA 20 West Lancashire District HA 1— Chorley and South Ribble District HA 10 Bolton District HA 30 Bury District HA 10 North Manchester District HA 20 Central Manchester District HA 20 South Manchester District HA 20 Oldham District HA 1— Rochdale District HA 20 Salford District HA 20 Stockport Health Commission 30 Tameside and Glossop District HA 20 Trafford District HA 10 Wigan District HA 10 1Five or less and greater than zero Notes:
- 1 Figures are rounded to the nearest 10
- 2 Due to rounding totals may not equal the sum of component parts
- 3 Figures exclude learners and agency staff
Source:
Department of Health Non-medical Workforce Census.