HC Deb 17 March 2004 vol 419 cc305-6W
Lady Hermon

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what(a) meetings and

Mr. Lidington

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many(a) doctors and (b) nurses were practising in Northern Ireland per 1,000 population in each year since 1997. [160481]

Angela Smith

The information requested is as follows.

Number of doctors, qualified nurses and unqualified nurses working in HPSS organisations per 1,000 population in each year since 1997.

Doctors1 Qualified Nurses2 Unqualified Nurses
As at September Headcount 3WTE Headcount 3WTE Headcount 3WTE
1997 2.1 1.9 7.8 6.7 2.3 2.0
1998 2.2 2.0 7.8 6.7 2.3 2.0
1999 2.1 2.0 7.9 6.7 2.4 2.1
2000 2.2 2.0 8.0 6.8 2.4 2.1
2001 2.2 2.1 8.0 6.8 2.5 2.2
2002 2.4 2.2 8.4 7.1 2.7 2.3
2003 2.4 2.3 8.8 7.5 2.7 2.3
1 Doctors include medical doctors and general practitioners but exclude those doctors practising exclusively in the private sector
2 Figures for qualified nurses include health visitors, district nurses, midwives, school nurses, community psychiatric nurses, student health visitors, student midwives and other qualified nurses
3 Whole Time Equivalent

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