§ Sue DoughtyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the Government's response to the recommendation in the Chief Medical Officers
NHS hospital and community health services: Qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff including Practice Nurses employed by Unrestricted Principals and equivalents (UPEs)1in England, the London2 area and each specified Strategic Health Authority area per one thousand of the population as at 30 September3 each specified year. headcount per 1,000 population 1996 1997 19984 19994 2000 2001 2002 England 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.7 6.9 7.1 7.4 of which: London2 7.6 7.6 7.7 7.9 7.7 7.9 8.2 Q04 North West London SNA 8.1 8.2 8.4 9.1 8.0 8.6 8.9 Q05 North Central London SHA 10.3 10.0 10.0 9.6 9.8 10.1 10.0 Q06 North East London SHA 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.0 6.3 6.5 Q07 South East London SHA 7.3 7.5 7.9 7.5 7.9 8.0 8.9 Q08 South West London SHA 6.4 6.4 6.1 7.4 7.4 6.9 7.1 1 UPEs include QMS Unrestricted Principals, PMS Contracted GPs and PMS Salaried GPs. 2 Figures for London are based on each specified Strategic Health Authority area. 3 Practice nurse figures are as at 1 October for 1997ߝ99 4Headcount Practice Nurse figures are estimated for these years. Note. The Royal Marsden NHS Trust has been included with South West London Strategic Health Authority. 1996ߝ2001 data is estimated based on 2002 organisational structure. Figures are rounded to one decimal place Source: Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census Department of Health General and Personal Medical Services Statistics Office for National Statistics (ONS)