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NHS Nurses: Training

Baroness Cumberlege asked Her Majesty's Government:

What was the number of nurses entering training in each year since 1970.

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Baroness Jay of Paddington: The information requested is not held centrally. I refer the noble Baroness to the national boards for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland for the information that is available on the number of nurses entering training in each year since 1970.

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NHS Nurses: Staffing

Baroness Cumberlege asked Her Majesty's Government:

What was the total number of whole-time equivalent hospital and community health services qualified, and general medical services practice nurses for each year since 1970;

What was the number of (a) qualified, (b) unqualified, (c) learners and (d) other whole-time

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equivalent hospital and community health services nursing and midwifery staff in each year since 1970;

What was the number of general medical services practice nurses in each year since 1970; and

What was the number of nurses on bank or agency contracts in each year since 1970.

Baroness Jay of Paddington: The information requested is shown in the following tables.

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NHS hospital and community health services (HCHS) and General Medical Services (GMS) Nursing and midwifery staff Great Britain as at 30 September of each yearwhole-time equivalents

	HCHS qualified staff	HCHS unqualified staff	HCHS learners	Other HCHS N&M staff	All HCHS nursing and midwifery staff	of which Bank nurses(11)	Agency nurses(12)	GMS practice nurses
1970	--(16)	--(16)	--(16)	--(16)	--(16)	--(16)	--(16)	--(16)
1971	175,840	73,610	94,200	--(15)	343,640	--(16)	3,000	--(16)
1972	183,390	81,560	99,490	--(15)	364,440	--(16)	3,290	--(16)
1973	185,120	84,250	101,230	--(15)	370,600	--(16)	4,160	--(16)
1974	189,570	90,220	97,850	--(15)	377,630	--(16)	4,990	--(16)
1975	202,460	103,680	97,670	--(15)	403,820	--(16)	4,240	--(16)
1976	213,230	98,820	101,910	--(15)	413,960	--(16)	1,860	--(16)
1977	219,900	99,680	96,120	--(15)	487,700	--(16)	2,480	--(16)
1978	--(16)	--(16)	--(16)	--(16)	--(16)	--(16)	3,780	940
1979	--(16)	--(16)	--(16)	--(16)	--(16)	--(16)	4,230	1,050
1980(13)	253,700	116,280	87,390	--(15)	457,370	--(16)	4,480	1,130
1981	255,510	121,060	97,310	--(15)	473,880	--(16)	4,010	1,310
1982	264,660	119,520	97,100	--(15)	481,280	350	3,160	1,630
1983	270,290	117,080	94,980	--(15)	482,350	2,430	2,480	1,840
1984	275,990	114,300	91,150	--(15)	481,440	3,110	3,830	2,160
1985	282,730	115,950	86,050	--(15)	484,730	3,710	4,200	2,480
1986	287,200	116,400	82,870	--(15)	486,480	4,220	5,590	2,800
1987	290,830	118,550	78,840	--(15)	488,220	4,910	6,330	3,110
1988	293,960	117,390	77,070	--(15)	488,420	5,830	6,470	3,880
1989	297,780	116,310	76,120	--(15)	490,220	5,910	7,420	5,200
1990	295,700	114,390	72,430	3,730	486,250	6,230	7,020	8,780
1991	296,840	114,660	60,260	11,050	482,810	8,540	4,190	9,950
1992	300,120	115,680	44,680	6,630	467,110	10,020	3,480	10,340
1993	295,020	116,830	27,130	6,620	445,610	12,030	5,040	10,910
1994	290,970	117,507	13,580	6,620	336,720	12,900	4,650	10,450
1995(14)	298,910	117,604	5,460	6,270	335,700	14,870	6,210	11,180
1996(14)	299,980	108,954	3,390	4,390	324,340	15,610	6,730	11,330

Notes:

(11) England only.

(12) England and Scotland only.

(13) Figures before 1980 are not directly comparable with those for later years due to a reduction in nurses standard working hours in

1980-81 from 40 to 37.5 hours per week.

(14) A new classification for the non-medical workforce was introduced in England in 1995 and in Wales from 1996. Information based on this classification is not directly comparable with earlier years.

Figures for Project 2000 students are excluded from the table.

Figures are rounded to the nearest ten, consequently figures may not equal the sum of components.

(15) denotes zero.

(16) denotes not available.

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NHS hospital and community health services (HCHS) and General Medical Services (GMS) Nursing and midwifery staff United Kingdom as at 30 September of each yearwhole-time equivalents

	HCHS qualified staff	HCHS unqualified staff	HCHS learners	Other HCHS N&M staff	All HCHS nursing and midwifery staff
1970	--(20)	--(20)	--(20)	--(19)	--(20)
1971	--(20)	--(20)	--(20)	--(19)	--(20)
1972	--(20)	--(20)	--(20)	--(19)	--(20)
1973	--(20)	--(20)	--(20)	--(19)	--(20)
1974	--(20)	--(20)	--(20)	--(19)	--(20)
1975	--(20)	--(20)	--(20)	--(19)	--(20)
1976	--(20)	--(20)	--(20)	--(19)	--(20)
1977	--(20)	--(20)	--(20)	--(19)	--(20)
1978	--(20)	--(20)	--(20)	--(19)	--(20)
1979	--(20)	--(20)	--(20)	--(19)	--(20)
1980(17)	263,530	--(20)	--(20)	--(19)	--(21)
1981	266,160	124,250	101,860	--(19)	492,270
1982	275,850	122,630	101,510	--(19)	499,990
1983	281,830	120,110	99,270	--(19)	501,210
1984	287,830	117,210	95,220	--(19)	500,260
1985	294,850	118,740	89,590	--(19)	503,180
1986	299,440	119,140	86,050	--(19)	504,630
1987	303,050	121,310	81,850	--(19)	506,210
1988	306,460	120,170	79,940	--(19)	506,570
1989	310,280	119,140	78,840	--(19)	508,260
1990	308,150	117,340	75,080	3,730	504,300
1991	309,350	117,850	62,310	11,050	500,560
1992	312,520	118,960	45,830	6,630	483,940
1993	307,240	120,170	27,490	6,620	461,520
1994	303,070	117,507	13,630	6,620	440,830
1995(18)	310,920	117,604	5,500	6,270	440,290
1996(18)	311,790	108,950	3,430	4,390	428,560

Notes:

(17) Figures before 1980 are not directly comparable with those for later years due to a reduction in nurses standard working hours in

1980-81 from 40 to 37.5 hours per week.

(18) A new classification for the non-medical workforce was introduced in England in 1995 and in Wales from 1996. Information based on this classification is not directly comparable with earlier years.

Figures for Project 2000 students are excluded from the information provided in the table.

Figures are rounded to the nearest ten, consequently figures may not equal the sum of components.

(19) denotes zero.

(20) denotes not available.

(21) denotes not applicable.

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