§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) nurses, (b) midwives, (c) nursing assistants and (d) professionals ancillary to medicine were employed in the area of each primary care trust in the North East in (i) 1997 and (ii) the most recent year for which figures are available. [155964]
NHS hospital and community health services: Qualified nursing including Practice Nurses employed by Unrestricted Principals and equivalents (UPEs)1 and Allied Health Professionals in the North East Government Office Region and each specified Strategic Health Authority and organisation as at 30 September 1997 Headcount Total Qualified Nursing2 Of which: Qualified Midwives Nursing Assistants Allied Health Professionals North East Government Office Region 18,390 1,774 7,364 2,323 Q09 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear SHA 10,866 699 4,681 1,370 RAB Freeman Group of Hospitals NHS Trust 1,060 0 56 125 RCK Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Trust 2,185 226 509 243 RE2 Gateshead Hospitals NHS Trust 687 91 266 93 RES Northumberland Mental Health NHS Trust 290 0 177 31 RE9 South Tyneside Healthcare NHS Trust 905 88 337 113 RLC North Tyneside Health Care NHS Trust 763 82 325 128 RLH Priority Healthcare Wearside NHS Trust 569 0 405 6 RLK Cheviot and Wansbeck NHS Trust 646 86 309 108 RLM Northumberland Community Health NHS Trust 423 0 120 39 RLN City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Trust 1,238 126 511 219 RM6 Northgate and Prudhoe NHS Trust 357 0 840 22 RM7 Gateshead Healthcare NHS Trust 444 0 332 51 RNM Newcastle City Health NHS Trust 896 0 494 192 1UPEs include GMS Unrestricted Principals, PMS Contracted GPs and PMS Salaried Gps. Note: Totals include Practice Nurses working in these SHA areas. Source: Department of Health non-Medical Workforce Census/Department of Health General and Personal Medical Services Statistics. Due to changes in the structure of the NHS it is not possible to give an exact breakdown on a one to one
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NHS hospital and community health services: Qualified nursing including Practice Nurses employed by Unrestricted Principals and equivalents (UPEs)1 and Allied Health Professionals in the North East Government Office Region and each specified Strategic Health Authority and organisation as at 30 September 2002 Headcount Total Qualified Nursing2 Of which: Qualified Midwives Nursing Assistants Allied Health Professionals North East Government Office Region 21,504 1,241 9,339 2,874 Q09 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear SHA 12,857 675 6,257 1,696 5D7 Newcastle PCT 564 0 118 77 5D8 North Tyneside PCT 267 0 73 12 5KF Gateshead PCT 334 0 65 74 5KG South Tyneside PCT 257 1 46 19 5KL Sunderland Teaching PCT 463 0 83 1 RE9 South Tyneside Health Care NHS Trust 615 99 370 124 RLN City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Trust 1,475 121 784 237 RM6 Northgate and Prudhoe NHS Trust 386 0 1,191 72 RNP Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland Mental Health NHS Trust 960 0 685 156 RR7 Gateshead Health NHS Trust 943 96 329 134 RTD Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust 3,616 184 1,086 383 RTF Northumbria Health Care NHS Trust 1,659 174 910 297 RVK North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust 89 0 0 0 RW9 South of Tyne and Wearside Mental Health NHS Trust 803 0 441 33 TAC Northumberland Care Trust 426 0 76 77 1UPEs include GMS Unrestricted Principals, PMS Contracted GPs and PMS Salaried Gps. Source: Department of Health non-Medical Workforce Census/Department of Health General and Personal Medical Services.
§ Miss Melanie Johnson[holding answer 23 February 2004]: Information on the numbers of nurses, midwives, nursing assistants and professionals ancillary to medicine in the North East for 1997 and 2002 are shown in the following tables.
basis between the PCTs geographic area and their former organizations.