HC Deb 10 June 2004 vol 422 c551W
Mr. Wareing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses were employed in hospitals in Liverpool in(a) 1997 and (b) 2003. [173662]

Miss Melanie Johnson

The information requested is shown in the table.

National health service hospital and community health services:

qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff including

practice nurses employed by unrestricted principals and

equivalents1 (UPEs) in each specified organisation as at

30 September each specified year
headcount
1997 2003
Total specified organisations 4,544 7,626
North Liverpool Primary Care Trust (PCT) n/a 246
Central Liverpool PCT n/a 554
South Liverpool PCT n/a 152
Liverpool Cardiothoracic NHS Trust 336 528
Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital NHS Trust 684 788
Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Trust 98 142
Walton Centre for Neurology/Neurosurgery NHS Trust 187 271
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital 1,567 1,948
NHS Trust
Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust 1,185 1,120
Liverpool Women's Hospital NHS Trust 487 699
Mersey Care NHS Trust n/a 1,178
n/a = not applicable.
Note:
UPEs include general medical services unrestricted principals, personal medical services contracted general practitioners (GPs) and personal medical services salaried Gps.
Sources:
1. Department of Health non-medical workforce census.
2. Department of Health general and personal medical services statistics.