asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will update table 3:14a of the latest "Health and Personal Social Service Statistics for England" by giving data for 1981 to 1984.
| Nursing and midwifery staff: Analysis by occupation and grade—30 September | |||||
| England | Whole-time equivalents | ||||
| 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | ||
| All Nursing and Midwifery Staff* | Total | 364,828 | 386,654 | 392,557 | 393,086 |
| Administrative nursing staff at Regional, Area and District HQs and centrally-based services | 2,263 | 3,261 | 3,393 | 4,041 | |
| Administrative midwifery staff at Regional, Area and District HQs | 124 | 112 | 109 | 200 | |
| Blood transfusion service staff | 945 | 970 | 995 | 1,144 | |
| Hospital nursing staff: | Total | 308,815 | 326,587 | 332,111 | 329,965 |
| Qualified: | Total | 151,815 | 162,186 | 168,294 | 171,000 |
| Senior Nurses and above† | 7,595 | 6,669 | 6,267 | 5,634 | |
| Tutorial nursing staff | 3,308 | 3,567 | 3,768 | 4,307 | |
| Other registered nurses | 83,792 | 90,467 | 94,219 | 95,661 | |
| Enrolled nurses | 56,496 | 61,483 | 64,040 | 65,398 | |
| Learners: | Total | 71,391 | 74,395 | 75,309 | 72,505 |
| Post-registration student nurses | 2,719 | 2,546 | 1,991 | 1,959 | |
| Post-enrolment student nurses | 1,509 | 2,188 | 2,093 | 1,674 | |
| Pre-registration student nurses | 46,899 | 48,484 | 50,673 | 50,535 | |
| Pupil nurses | 20,264 | 21,176 | 20,552 | 18,336 | |
| Unqualified: | Total | 86,232 | 90,007 | 88,507 | 86,460 |
| Other nursing staff‡ | 85,718 | 89,722 | 88,346 | 86,391 | |
| Nursing cadets | 515 | 285 | 161 | 69 | |
| Hospital midwifery staff: | Total | 17,163 | 17,388 | 16,792 | 18,156 |
| Qualified: | Total | 12,932 | 12,631 | 13,028 | 13,404 |
| Senior Nurses and above† | 946 | 840 | 791 | 646 | |
| Tutorial midwifery staff | 536 | 506 | 522 | 545 | |
| Other state certified midwives | 11,449 | 11,284 | 11,715 | 12,213 | |
| Learners: Student midwives | 4,231 | 4,758 | 3,764 | 4,753 | |
| Primary health care nursing staff: | Total | 32,747 | 34,929 | 35,653 | 35,867 |
| Senior Nurses† | 1,567 | 3,035 | 1,480 | 1,311 | |
| District nursing tutorial staff | 61 | 76 | 55 | 47 | |
| Health visitors║ | 8,761 | 9,115 | 9,389 | 9,613 | |
| TB visitors with HV certificate | 36 | 26 | 26 | 27 | |
| TB visitors without HV certificate | 57 | 59 | 55 | 50 | |
| District nursing (registered nurses)¶ | 9,894 | 10,150 | 10,406 | 10,542 | |
| District nursing (enrolled nurses)¶ | 2,967 | 3,532 | 3,749 | 3,898 | |
The updated figures requested for the years 1981 to 1983 are shown in the table. We do not yet have figures for 1984 at this level of detail.The table is due to be published shortly as part of the 1985 edition of "Health and Personal Social Services Statistics".
1980
| 1981
| 1982
| 1983
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| School nursing (registered nurses)• | 2,190 | 2,404 | 2,434 | 2,445 | |
| School nursing (enrolled nurses) | 225 | 205 | 225 | 218 | |
| Dual/triple duty posts: | |||||
| Health visitor/district nurse/midwife (and Health Visitor/Midwife) | 91 | 103 | 84 | 68 | |
| District nurse/midwife (and SRN/Midwife) | 1,043 | 950 | 842 | 634 | |
| Enrolled nurse/midwife | 37 | 19 | 8 | 5 | |
| Other registered nurses▪ | 1,494 | 2,019 | 2,047 | 2,059 | |
| Other enrolled nurses* | 573 | 461 | 408 | 408 | |
| Nursing auxiliaries and other unqualified staff | 3,752 | 4,256 | 4,445 | 4,494 | |
| Community health midwifery staff: | |||||
| District midwife | 2,773 | 3,406 | 3,504 | 3,713 | |
| Agency nurses (hospital)# | 3,989 | 3,520 | 2,727 | 2,191 | |
| Agency midwives (hospital)# | 201 | 237 | 254 | 200 | |
| Agency nurses (PHC)# | 35 | — | 58 | 43 | |
| Agency midwives (PHC)# | — | — | — | 7 | |
| Health visitor students# | 1,027 | 1,125 | 1,069 | 1,023 | |
| District nurse students#* * | — | 229 | 418 | 577 | |
* Excludes HV students, District Nurse students and agency staff. | |||||
| † Incorporates the grades of Senior Nursing Officer and Nursing Officer existing prior to the 1982 reorganisation of nurse grading structure. | |||||
‡ Includes nursing auxiliaries and nursery nurses.
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| ║ Includes Health Visitor Fieldwork Teachers, HV School Nurses and HV Bank Nurses. | |||||
| ¶ Includes District Nurse Practical Work Teachers. Bank District Nurses and SRNs and SENs assisting District Nurses. | |||||
| • Includes school nurses and SRNs assisting school health services. | |||||
| ▪ Includes SRNs assisting health visiting and other SRNs in community nursing. | |||||
* Includes SENs assisting health visiting and other SENs in community nursing. | |||||
| #Not included in the totals. | |||||
* *Grade introduced in 1981. | |||||