House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 06 Oct 2008 (pt 0089)

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www.ic.nhs.uk/pubs/dental0708.

Both reports have been published by the NHS Information Centre for health and social care.

NHS hospital and community health services: qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff in England, the north east strategic health authority area and each specified organisation as at 30 September each specified year
Headcount
	1997^{( 1)}	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002^{( 2)}	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
England	300,467	304,563	310,142	316,752	330,535	346,537	364,692	375,371	381,257	374,538	376,737
of which
North east strategic health authority area	17,791	18,079	18,870	19,125	20,035	20,473	20,991	22,065	22,291	22,220	22,296
of which
Total specified organisations	2,036	2,055	2,078	2,087	2,142	1,738	1,778	1,878	1,924	1,840	1,851
South Tyneside PCT	—	—	—	—	—	180	185	251	241	235	253
South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust	905	854	899	891	916	615	624	625	639	612	550
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust	1,131	1,201	1,179	1,196	1,226	943	969	1,002	1,044	993	1,048
Notes: ⁽¹⁾ In 1997 Gateshead Hospitals NHS Trust and Gateshead Healthcare NHS Trust merged to form Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust. 1997 figures are an aggregate of these two predecessor organisations. ^{(2 )}In 2002 Mental Health Services from South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust and Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust migrated to form part of Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland Mental Health NHS Trust. Source: The NHS Information Centre for health and social care Non-Medical Workforce census

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HCHS medical and dental staff^{( 1, 2)}
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
England	60,230	62,140	63,994	66,067	68,484	72,168	76,400	82,951	87,043	90,243	91,790
North East SHA	3,548	3,542	3,749	3,953	4,053	4,178	4,330	4,699	4,764	4,942	5,145
of which
RR7 Gateshead Health NHS Trust	⁽¹⁾—	206	199	210	209	208	235	248	267	264	283
RM7 Gateshead Healthcare NHS Trust	31	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—
RE2 Gateshead Hospitals NHS Trust	148	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—
RE9 South Tyneside Health Care NHS Trust	141	131	157	176	242	218	220	231	137	145	163
5KG South Tyneside PCT	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	13	10	10	9	9	9
^{(1 )}Excludes medical hospital practitioners and medical clinical assistants, most of whom are GPs working part time in hospitals. ^{(2 )}Data as at 30 September each year. ^{(1 )}Denotes data not available. Source: The NHS Information Centre for health and social care Medical & Dental Workforce census

All practitioners (excluding GP retainers) for selected organisations, 1997 to 2007
Numbers (headcount)
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
England	29,389	29,697	29,987	30,252	30,685	31,182	32,593	34,085	35,302	35,369	35,855
North East	1,485	1,506	1,520	1,536	1,603	1,645	1,741	1,825	1,873	1,995	1,945
5KG South Tyneside PCT	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	87	87	91	93	104	108	105
^{(1 )}Denotes data not applicable. Notes: 1. Data as at 1 October 1997-1999, 30 September 2000 to 2007. 2. Prior to 2006 figures for the north east were arrived at by combining County Durham and Tees Valley SHA and Northumberland Tyne and Wear SHA. From 2006 onwards north east SHA has been used. Source: The NHS Information Centre for health and social care General and Personal Medical Services Statistics

Health Visitors

Mrs. Maria Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what mechanisms there are to record the timing and frequency of visits made by health visitors to families with children under the age of five years. [223982]

Ann Keen: This information is not collected centrally.

Healthy Start Scheme

Jeff Ennis: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent on the Healthy Start Scheme since its inception; and what the take-up has been of the scheme in each region. [221913]

Dawn Primarolo: Total expenditure on Healthy Start across the United Kingdom between April 2007 and March 2008 (the only financial year for which specific figures are available) was approximately £94 million. This figure does not reflect the full cost of all Healthy Start vouchers issued in that year because retailers have up to six months from the use by date on vouchers to claim payment for them.

The following table shows the estimated number of families supported by Healthy Start in each national health service region in England between 4 August 2008 and 31 August 2008. It also shows the number of individual women and children receiving vouchers in these families.

Region	Families	Individuals
East Midlands	25,713	32,828
East of England	27,334	34,276
London	73,900	93,168
North East	21,208	26,320
North West	51,075	64,206
South East	36,984	46,395
South West	23,402	29,544
West Midlands	42,320	54,281
Yorkshire and the Humber	35,658	45,110
England total	337,594	426,128
Note: These figures were provided by the Healthy Start Issuing Unit. Most families will have been supported throughout the whole four-week period, but some will have joined or left the scheme part way through. 16,000 families (19,000 individuals) across the UK who were receiving vouchers during this time could not be matched to a specific country or NHS region using the NHS postcode directory and so are not reflected in this table.

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