§ Tim LoughtonTo 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.
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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)