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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.

Source:

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.

Source:

Public Health Mortality File, Gateshead and South Tyneside health authority

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