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Nurses

Volume 950: debated on Tuesday 16 May 1978

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asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of community nurses employed by each area health authority in England on a stated date in each financial year since 1974, and express each of these figures per capita of the population aged 65 years and over in the area covered by the authority.

The following table shows the number of qualified nurses and health visitors—expressed in whole-time equivalents—in the community health service by each area health authority in England at the 30th September 1974, 1975 and 1976 and these figures expressed per 1,000 head of managed population aged 65 years and over.

PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES
Analyses of community qualified nursing and health visiting staff by area health authority of staff per 1,000 head of managed population aged 65 and over 30th September—England
197419751976

Area Health Authority

Staff

*†§

Staff per 1,000 head of managed population aged 65 and over

Staff

*

Staff per 1,000 head of managed population aged 65 and over

Staff

*

Staff per 1,000 head of managed population aged 65 and over

Cleveland254·34·2180·62·9238·93·8
Cumbria248·13·5238·23·3278·73·8
Durham229·82·9251·23·1261·23·2
Northumberland140·73·3155·33·7160·83·8
Gateshead85·73·088·03·091·13·0
Newcastle-upon-Tyne138·03·1181·84·1172·23·8
North Tyneside92·63·5100·63·898·73·7
South tyneside52·02·263·12·794·24·0
Sunderland119·03·3136·43·7144·33·9
Humberside313·42·8352·93·1385·43·3
North Yorkshire228·22·2263·22·7269·52·7
Bradford200·63·0228·73·1211·12·8
Calderdale92·03·090·33·085·52·8
Kirklees160·93·0155·12·9167·63·1
Leeds268·92·6269·02·5276·02·6
Wakefield117·63·2126·23·3136·83·5
Derbyshire308·62·5315·42·6352·92·9
Leicestershire356·73·4391·13·6388·03·6
Lincolnshire191·32·5188·72·5208·82·7
Nottinghamshire326·82·6418·83·3441·93·4
Barnsley82·82·994·43·394·33·3
Doncaster119·03·6146·44·4151·24·5
Rotherham111·84·298·73·6113·74·0
Sheffield268·93·3297·73·5291·43·4
Cambridgeshire214·33·1171·62·6193·72·9
Norfolk288·72·7224·51·8296·42·3
Suffolk161·11·9191·02·6207·42·7
Bedfordshire209·14·1202·73·9215·14·1
Hertfordshire325·43·2384·64·1375·43·9
Barnet80·81·8106·71·8119·12·0
Brent/Harrow186·02·9163·02·7173·32·9
Ealing/Hammersmith/Hounslow206·82·2293·33·0357·13·7
Hillingdon106·83·8112·23·9110·93·7

PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES
Analyses of community qualified nursing and health visiting staff by area health authority of staff per 1,000 head of managed population aged 65 and over 30th September—England
197419751976

Area Health Authority

Staff

*†§

Staff per 1,000 head of managed population aged 65 and over

Staff

*

Staff per 1,000 head of managed population aged 65 and over

Staff

*

Staff per 1,000 head of managed population aged 65 and over

Kensington and Chelsea/Westminster159·32·9150·42·5183·03·1
Essex407·92·2463·62·4512·22·6
Barking/Havering139·42·8127·22·5105·52·1
Camden/Islington255·04·8251·53·9297·84·7
City and East London210·32·5215·92·5247·52·9
Enfield/Haringey144·42·0148·82·2155·52·3
Redbridge/Waltham Forest212·33·0189·42·7197·72·8
East Sussex363·12·3348·02·2348·02·2
Kent567·22·6582·22·6612·82·7
Greenwich/Bexley222·74·0251·54·5248·14·4
Bromley84·92·1100·12·4110·52·6
Lambeth/Lewisham/Southwark385·33·4409·83·6420·83·7
Surrey419·03·1519·93·5548·73·6
West Sussex284·92·2286·22·2309·42·4
Croydon134·43·2135·73·2130·53·0
Kingston/Richmond175·43·6143·23·7158·74·1
Merton/Sutton/Wandsworth348·13·7301·83·0306·73·0
Dorset230·62·0228·11·9241·12·0
Hampshire530·92·8611·23·4594·23·3
Wiltshire260·14·0268·72·8266·22·7
Isle of Wight51·22·155·02·359·42·5
Berkshire344·84·9374·34·6376·84·5
Buckinghamshire197·63·5246·44·7284·55·4
Northamptonshire196·32·9223·13·3251·93·7
Oxfordshire206·13·3221·03·8215·23·6
Avon346·62·6350·53·0414·23·5
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly185·52·6158·62·2172·92·4
Devon371·42·1379·52·1362·72·0
Gloucestershire178·22·6183·92·6180·72·5
Somerset158·82·4156·72·6146·32·4
Hereford and Worcester271·03·4302·43·8287·43·5
Salop129·72·8145·93·1160·93·4
Staffordshire344·63·0363·53·1382·53·3

PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES
Analyses of community qualified ursing and health visiting staff by area health authority of staff per 1,000 head of managed population aged 65 and over 30th September—England
197419751976

Area Health Authority

Staff

*†§

Staff per 1,000 head of managed population aged 65 and over

Staff

*

Staff per 1,000 head of managed population aged 65 and over

Staff

*

Staff per 1,000 head of managed population aged 65 and over

Warwickshire249·54·8193·83·6210·33·8
Birmingham434·13·1450·33·2472·03·3
Coventry160·64·3177·44·7178·64·6
Dudley108·33·3109·23·2109·93·2
Sandwell93·32·3101·42·4108·12·6
Solihull59·03·365·03·58004·1
Walsall74·92·895·53·4107·03·7
Wolverhampton78·82·586·82·789·62·7
Cheshire349·93·2369·73·4379·53·4
Liverpool235·02·9246·23·9279·24·4
St. Helens and Knowsley146·63·7153·33·8162·54·0
Sefton122·72·7119·71·9130·42·1
Wirral101·62·1153·93·1142·72·9
Lancashire677·53·0720·43·2703·03·1
Bolton128·33·5137·23·8145·54·0
Bury81·83·598·54·292·53·9
Manchester263·23·7172·92·4249·73·4
Oldham100·03·3100·53·2120·83·8
Rochdale96·23·6109·94·1108·94·0
Salford146·24·0145·84·0143·83·9
Stockport9602·5110·82·9138·33·6
Tameside106·83·692·92·7103·63·0
Trafford123·74·1123·94·0141·54·5
Wigan155·14·1142·73·7156·34·0

* Includes health visitors and TB visitors with HV certificate, home nurses SRN/SEN with/without district training and other SRN/SEN but excludes all midwifery staff, tutorial grades, TB visitors without HV certificate, HV students, nursing officers and above, auxiliary staff and school health service staff.

† Whole-time equivalents.
‡ The managed population figures are based on the number of persons actually served by the area health authorities rather than the number of persons living within their boundries.
§ Excludes all TB visitors.