HC Deb 01 March 2002 vol 380 cc1602-5W
Tim Loughton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many district and community nurses there are per head of population in each of the health authority areas in England and Wales. [24345]

Mr. Hutton

[holding answer 8 January 2002]: The information requested is shown in the table.

NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): Qualified community and district nursing staff within each health authority area in England and rate per 100,000 population as at 30 September 2001
headcount
Of which
All Community Nurses Number per 100,000 population District Nurses Number per 100,000 population
Solihull HA 220 110 70 40
South Staffordshire HA 900 150 140 20
Walsall HA 450 170 120 40
Warwickshire HA 700 140 200 40
Wolverhampton HA 340 140 120 50
Worcestershire HA 790 150 110 20
North West
Bury & Rochdale HA 620 160 140 30
East Lancashire HA 890 170 190 40
Liverpool HA 720 160 150 30
Manchester HA 700 160 140 30
Morecambe Bay HA 670 220 80 30
North Cheshire HA 820 260 150 50
North West Lancashire HA 790 170 100 20
Salford & Trafford HA 620 140 120 30
Sefton HA 310 110 70 20
South Cheshire HA 720 110 180 30
South Lancashire HA 460 150 90 30
St Helens & Knowsley HA 430 130 50 10
Stockport HA 400 140 150 50
West Pennine HA 550 120 130 30
Wigan and Bolton HA 900 150 160 30
Wirral HA 550 170 60 20
Eastern
Bedfordshire HA 740 130 120 20
Cambridgeshire HA 990 140 170 20
Hertfordshire HA 1,710 160 330 30
Norfolk HA 870 110 240 30
North Essex HA 1,130 120 270 30
South Essex HA 880 120 270 40
Suffolk HA 970 140 140 20
London
Barking & Havering HA 360 90 60 10
Barnet Enfield & Haringey HA 930 110 230 30
Bexley Bromley & Greenwich HA 1,100 150 240 30
Brent & Harrow HA 280 60 60 10
Camden & Islington HA 490 130 30 10
Croydon HA 460 140 100 30
Ealing Hammersmith & Hounslow HA 710 100 170 20
East London & City HA 840 130 120 20
Hillingdon HA 380 150 90 30
Kensington Chelsea & Westminster HA 1,290 300 170 40
Kingston & Richmond HA 270 80 80 20
Lambeth Southwark & Lewisham HA 1,190 160 350 50
Merton Sutton & Wandsworth HA 1,150 180 160 20
Redbridge & Waltham Forest HA 480 110 100 20
South East
Berkshire HA 1,280 160 310 40
Buckinghamshire HA 1,010 150 180 30
East Kent HA 750 120 280 40
East Surrey HA 300 70 30 10
East Sussex, Brighton & Hove HA 1,300 170 240 30
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth & South East
Hampshire HA 970 140 120 20
North & Mid Hampshire HA 300 50 90 20
Northamptonshire HA 700 110 190 30
Oxfordshire HA 730 120 190 30
Southampton & South West Hampshire HA 610 110 100 20
West Kent HA 1,070 110 220 20
West Surrey HA 1,070 160 210 30
West Sussex HA 770 100 180 20
South West
Avon HA 1,220 120 180 20
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly HA 680 140 60 10

NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): Qualified community and district nursing staff within each health authority area in England and rate per 100,000 population as at 30 September 2001
headcount
Of which
All Community Nurses Number per 100,000 population District Nurses Number per 100,000 population
Dorset HA 840 120 170 20
Gloucestershire HA 840 150 150 30
North & East Devon HA 620 130 190 40
Somerset HA 490 100 110 20
South & West Devon HA 860 140 110 20
Wiltshire HA 580 90 120 20

Notes: Community nurses are qualified nurses working in community psychiatry, community learning difficulties and community services. Practice nurses are not included within the definition.

Figures are rounded to the nearest ten

Figures exclude agency staff

Population estimates for 2000 based on 1991 data

Source:

Department of Health non-medical workforce census

Office for National Statistics (ONS)

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