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Mr. E. Johnson
asked the Minister of Health what was the number of registered nurses, student nurses and an
| 1. NURSING AND MIDWIFERY STAFF (a) IN NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE HOSPITALS ENGLAND AND WALES | |||||||
| — | Registered (b) Nurses | Student Nurses | Enrolled Nurses | ||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| 31st December, 1949 (c) | … | 10,062 | 34,381 | 5,534 | 40,648 | 2,711 | 11,758 |
| 30th September, 1958 (d) | … | 12,038 | 45,717 | 4,427 | 49,472 | 1,937 | 10,731 |
| 30th September, 1960 (d) | … | 12,285 | 49,282 | 5,040 | 49,035 | 1,868 | 11,415 |
| 30th September, 1961 (d) | … | 12,423 | 49,869 | 4,877 | 48,819 | 1,686 | 11,743 |
| No figures available for 1962 | … | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Pupil Nurses | Other Nurses Staff | Midwives | Pupil Midwives | |||
| M | F | M | F | ||||
| 31st December, 1949 (c) | … | 229 | 1,429 | 4,963 | 16,830 | 5,220 | 3,602 |
| 30th September, 1958 (d) | … | 228 | 4,875 | 5,705 | 28,060 | 5,990 | 3,889 |
| 30th September, 1960 (d) | … | 234 | 5,543 | 5,648 | 32,779 | 6,457 | 4,647 |
| 30th September, 1961 (d) | … | 179 | 5,906 | 5,614 | 35,275 | 6,751 | 4,640 |
| No figures available for 1962 | … | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (a) Whole-time equivalent: part-time nurses being counted as half whole-time. | |||||||
| (b) Nurses who are registered and engaged on the nursing duties for which they are qualified. | |||||||
| (c) This is the earliest date for which figures are available. | |||||||
| (d) Figures at 31st December not available for these years. | |||||||
| 2. NURSING AND MIDWIFERY STAFF EMPLOYED BY LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES ENGLAND AND WALES | |||
| — | 1958 | 1960 | 1961 |
| Local health authority nursing and mid wifery staff | 20,247 | 21,073 | Not yet available |
| Including: | |||
| (i) Student district nurses | 233 | 265 | |
| (ii) Male home nurses | 319 | 366 | |
| Notes | |||
| (1) Comparable figures for 1948 are not available. | |||
| (2) Student district nurses employed in home nursing are registered or enrolled nurses. | |||
| (3) The majority of local health authority nursing staff undertake combined duties (e.g. health nursing) visiting, home nursing and domiciliary midwifery; or domiciliary midwifery and home nursing). | |||
Mr. E. Johnson
asked the Minister of Health how many men and women entered the nursing profession in 1959, 1960, and 1961, respectively; and what numbers left during those years.
cillary nursing staff, respectively, both male and female, in England and Wales on 31st December, 1948, 1958, 1960, 1961, and to the last convenient date in 1962.
Miss Pitt
The following are the figures:
Miss Pitt
I regret that the information is not available in this form. The net increases in the number of nursing staff in the hospital service in England and Wales were 7,481 between 1958 and 1959, 3,490 between 1959 and 1960, and 6,022 between 1960 and 1961.