Nurses
Mr. Harvey:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital and community health service nurses who are (a) qualified, (b) unqualified, (c) midwives, (d) learner staffs, and (e) Project 2000 students, as whole-time equivalents were employed (i) in each region and (ii) in total in each year since 1979; and if he will make a statement. [148608]
Mr. Denham:
Data from 1990 onwards are in the table. To provide data from 1979 would incur disproportionate costs.
NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): Qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff and learners in England as at 30 September each year
| | | | Whole-time equivalents
|
| Qualified nursing | of which: Midwives | Unqualified nursing | Learners
|
1990 | | | |
|
England | 242.340 | 19.980 | 90.450 | 58.840
|
Northern | 16.950 | 1.270 | 5.890 | 3.880
|
Yorkshire | 18.540 | 1.650 | 6.380 | 4.890
|
Trent | 23.090 | 1.890 | 9.330 | 5.330
|
East Anglia | 9.760 | 820 | 4.170 | 2.060
|
North West Thames | 15.590 | 1.200 | 5.250 | 5.080
|
North East Thames | 19.800 | 1.620 | 6.320 | 6.600
|
South East Thames | 18.740 | 1.410 | 5.960 | 4.290
|
South West Thames | 13.760 | 980 | 5.250 | 2.860
|
Wessex | 13.970 | 1.140 | 6.540 | 2.750
|
Oxford | 11.030 | 1.010 | 3.870 | 2.130
|
South Western | 16.320 | 1.230 | 7.670 | 3.270
|
West Midlands | 25.460 | 2.340 | 9.900 | 6.500
|
Mersey | 12.930 | 1.110 | 4.870 | 3.060
|
North Western | 22.920 | 2.160 | 8.550 | 5.330
|
Other | 3.460 | 80 | 460 | 800
|
| | | |
|
1991 | | | |
|
England | 243.250 | 19.760 | 90.550 | 47.340
|
Northern | 16.880 | 1.290 | 5.960 | 3.240
|
Yorkshire | 18.480 | 1.630 | 6.330 | 3.620
|
Trent | 23.290 | 1.880 | 9.350 | 4.020
|
East Anglia | 9.810 | 790 | 4.190 | 1.730
|
North West Thames | 16.280 | 1.140 | 5.400 | 3.600
|
North East Thames | 20.050 | 1.610 | 6.340 | 5.830
|
South East Thames | 16.620 | 1.320 | 5.650 | 3.790
|
South West Thames | 14.120 | 1.040 | 5.030 | 1.950
|
Wessex | 14.130 | 1.150 | 6.560 | 2.190
|
Oxford | 11.320 | 1.030 | 4.000 | 1.280
|
South Western | 16.130 | 1.180 | 7.410 | 2.460
|
West Midlands | 25.210 | 2.240 | 9.790 | 5.800
|
Mersey | 12.620 | 1.100 | 4.780 | 2.420
|
North Western | 23.230 | 2.200 | 8.720 | 4.480
|
Other | 5.070 | 90 | 1.030 | 940
|
1992 | | | |
|
England | 246.570 | 20.350 | 90.840 | 34.740
|
East Anglia | 9.320 | 740 | 4.000 | 1.250
|
Mersey | 12.700 | 1.110 | 4.650 | 1.780
|
North East Thames | 16.290 | 1.280 | 5.100 | 4.320
|
North West Thames | 14.960 | 1.100 | 4.980 | 2.020
|
North Western | 22.810 | 2.180 | 8.510 | 2.720
|
Northern | 16.770 | 1.390 | 5.590 | 780
|
Oxford | 11.600 | 970 | 3.860 | 780
|
South East Thames | 14.920 | 1.340 | 5.250 | 1.590
|
South West Thames | 17.360 | 1.380 | 5.610 | 3.110
|
South Western | 16.580 | 1.220 | 7.660 | 1.000
|
Trent | 23.230 | 1.870 | 9.500 | 2.310
|
Wessex | 13.570 | 1.070 | 5.990 | 880
|
West Midlands | 22.920 | 2.160 | 8.690 | 2.400
|
Yorkshire | 18.130 | 1.610 | 5.990 | 2.890
|
Other | 15.420 | 850 | 5.480 | 6.900
|
| | | |
|
1993 | | | |
|
England | 241.850 | 19.630 | 91.940 | 21.040
|
Northern | 17.650 | 1.400 | 5.840 | 820
|
Yorkshire | 18.910 | 1.670 | 6.310 | 1.830
|
Trent | 22.420 | 1.700 | 9.810 | 1.540
|
East Anglia | 9.740 | 740 | 4.380 | 620
|
North West Thames | 15.290 | 1.070 | 4.990 | 850
|
North East Thames | 18.540 | 1.590 | 5.910 | 3.320
|
South East Thames | 16.200 | 1.300 | 5.700 | 1.730
|
South West Thames | 14.110 | 1.120 | 5.350 | 1.390
|
Wessex | 14.720 | 1.140 | 7.140 | 480
|
Oxford | 11.970 | 980 | 4.370 | 460
|
South Western | 16.660 | 1.210 | 7.920 | 760
|
West Midlands | 25.480 | 2.350 | 9.900 | 3.270
|
Mersey | 12.400 | 1.040 | 4.470 | 1.100
|
North Western | 22.740 | 2.180 | 8.740 | 2.250
|
Other | 5.020 | 70 | 1.120 | 610
|
| | | |
|
1994 | | | |
|
England | 238.780 | 19.340 | 92.550 | 11.080
|
Anglia and Oxford | 21.140 | 1.710 | 8.550 | 600
|
North Thames | 33.090 | 2.700 | 11.440 | 2.060
|
North West | 34.960 | 3.130 | 13.240 | 1.810
|
Northern and Yorkshire | 35.190 | 3.000 | 12.310 | 1.740
|
Trent | 23.490 | 1.610 | 10.160 | 630
|
South Thames | 30.070 | 2.340 | 11.380 | 1.470
|
South and West | 31.120 | 2.390 | 14.590 | 410
|
West Midlands | 25.090 | 2.350 | 9.510 | 1.910
|
Other | 4.640 | 70 | 1.360 | 440
|
| | | |
|
1995 | | | |
|
England | 246.820 | 18.030 | 82.910 | 4.580
|
Anglia and Oxford | 23.600 | 1.900 | 8.620 | 270
|
North Thames | 36.030 | 2.400 | 9.900 | 990
|
North West | 37.560 | 3.170 | 12.300 | 760
|
Northern and Yorkshire | 35.580 | 2.580 | 10.780 | 570
|
South and West | 30.860 | 2.370 | 11.600 | 360
|
South Thames | 31.740 | 2.190 | 9.830 | 600
|
Trent | 23.610 | 1.580 | 9.270 | 270
|
West Midlands | 25.910 | 1.840 | 8.360 | 760
|
Other | 1,920 | -- | 2.240 | (4)--
|
| | | |
|
1996 | | | |
|
England | 248.070 | 18.260 | 83.650 | 2.670
|
Anglia and Oxford | 23.590 | 1.700 | 9.000 | 250
|
North Thames | 37.130 | 2.480 | 9.800 | 490
|
North West | 37.180 | 3.090 | 12.460 | 380
|
Northern and Yorkshire | 35.520 | 2.650 | 10.890 | 240
|
South and West | 30.820 | 2.420 | 11.610 | 230
|
South Thames | 32.510 | 2.220 | 9.870 | 450
|
Trent | 23.570 | 1.670 | 9.530 | 160
|
West Midlands | 26.070 | 2.020 | 8.290 | 460
|
Other | 1.680 | -- | 2.190 | (4)--
|
1997 | | | |
|
England | 246.010 | 18.050 | 84.020 | 2.250
|
Anglia and Oxford | 23.310 | 1.640 | 8.720 | 210
|
North Thames | 36.810 | 2.500 | 10.080 | 460
|
North West | 36.770 | 3.040 | 12.520 | 230
|
Northern and Yorkshire | 33.600 | 2.410 | 11.390 | 190
|
South and West | 30.670 | 2.410 | 11.120 | 190
|
South Thames | 32.460 | 2.160 | 9.790 | 370
|
Trent | 25.150 | 1.770 | 9.610 | 150
|
West Midlands | 25.620 | 2.110 | 8.570 | 440
|
Other | 1.620 | -- | 2.220 | --
|
| | | |
|
1998 | | | |
|
England | 247.240 | 18.170 | 84.520 | 2.080
|
Anglia and Oxford | 23.650 | 1.790 | 8.660 | 230
|
North Thames | 36.570 | 2.480 | 10.080 | 510
|
North West | 36.820 | 2.930 | 12.910 | 240
|
Northern and Yorkshire | 33.750 | 2.340 | 11.120 | 180
|
South and West | 31.100 | 2.390 | 11.000 | 180
|
South Thames | 31.930 | 2.180 | 10.000 | 320
|
Trent | 25.390 | 1.820 | 9.540 | 140
|
West Midlands | 26.350 | 2.240 | 9.010 | 290
|
Other | 1.680 | -- | 2.200 | --
|
| | | |
|
1999 | | | |
|
England | 250.650 | 17.880 | 87.440 | 1.880
|
Eastern | 21.260 | 1.540 | 9.570 | 220
|
London | 42.810 | 2.870 | 8.690 | 480
|
North West | 37.420 | 2.930 | 13.720 | 220
|
Northern and Yorkshire | 34.540 | 2.170 | 11.380 | 140
|
South East | 36.620 | 2.530 | 14.320 | 330
|
South West | 24.040 | 1.830 | 8.550 | 120
|
Trent | 25.950 | 1.840 | 9.540 | 130
|
West Midlands | 26.340 | 2.170 | 9.300 | 250
|
Other | 1.670 | -- | 2.380 | --
|
(4) Five or less and greater than zero
Notes:
1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
2. Figures exclude agency staff.
3. Due to rounding totals may not equal the sum of component parts zero.
4. "Others" includes staff employed by SHAs, OSAs and other centrally based services.
5. A new classification of the non-medical workforce was introduced in 1995. Information based on this classification is not directly comparable with earlier years.
6. New regional office boundaries were introduced in 1994 and 1999.
7. Since 1989 traditional pre-registration nurse training was gradually replaced by Project 2000 training. Project 2000 students are funded by bursaries and are not employed by the HCHS; they are not therefore included in the workforce numbers.
Source:
Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census
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Cardiac Diseases
Mr. Hepburn:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people died of cardiac diseases in the Gateshead and South Tyneside health authority area in 2000. [148745]
Yvette Cooper:
In 2000, 927 residents from the Gateshead and South Tyneside health authority area died from cardiac diseases. This includes those who died as a
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result of ischaemic heart disease and heart failure. A small percentage of deaths will be excluded as it is more difficult to attribute them to cardiac diseases.
Public Health Mortality File, Gateshead and South Tyneside health authority
Smoking
Mr. Hepburn:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures he is introducing to encourage and support smokers who wish to stop smoking. [148743]
Yvette Cooper:
As set out in the White Paper, "Smoking Kills", the Government's tobacco control strategy involves a comprehensive health education programme backed up by local cessation services.
The education programme is supported by a national telephone helpline which, besides offering information, advice and support, can direct smokers to their local services.
A national network of National Health Service smoking cessation services provides expert help to smokers wanting to give up, and up to six weeks free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is available to smokers entitled to free prescriptions. The cessation aid Zyban (Buproprion) is already available on NHS prescription and we are considering the outcome of a recent consultation exercise on a proposal to provide all NRT products on this basis.
Mr. Hepburn:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people died of smoking-related diseases in the Gateshead and South Tyneside area in 2000. [148744]
Yvette Cooper:
In 2000, at least 442 residents from the Gateshead and South Tyneside health authority area died from smoking related diseases. This figure is based on percentages of lung cancer, ischaemic heart disease and cerebro-vascular disease deaths. The true figure is likely to be higher as other diseases have been excluded and smoking rates in the area are higher than the United Kingdom average.
Public Health Mortality File, Gateshead and South Tyneside health authority