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Mrs. Renée Short
asked the Secretary of Slate for Social Services what proportion of nursing staff in mental illness and mental handicap hospitals is, respectively, registered, enrolled, students, pupils or other categories.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke
The information requested is given in the table.
| England 30 September 1983 | ||
| Mental Illness Hospitals‡ | Mental Handicap Hospitals‡ | |
| (per cent.) | (per cent.) | |
| All nursing staff* | 100 | 100 |
| First level (Registered) nurse† | 35 | 25 |
| Second level (Enrolled) nurse† | 20 | 17 |
| Students | 12 | 8 |
| Pupils | 4 | 4 |
| Other nursing staff | 29 | 46 |
| * The figures are based on whole-time equivalent numbers including tutorial staff but excluding administrative and agency staff. | ||
| † Includes first level nurses with and without the RMN or RNMH qualification and second level nurses with and without the EN(M) and EN(MH) qualification. | ||
| ‡ Includes staff in mental and mental handicap units and wards within non-psychiatric hospitals. | ||