To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will provide an updated version of table 3·16 from "Health and Personal Social Services Statistics 1987", giving data for 1986 and 1987 whenever possible.
The information for September 1986 is shown in the table. Similar information for September 1987 is not yet available.
| Nursing and Midwifery staff Analysis by Area of work and Grade in England at 30 September 1986 | ||
| Whole-time equivalents | ||
| All Nursing and midwifery1 | Total | 397,240 |
| Administrative nursing | 2,340 | |
| Nursing staff in centrally based services | 1,775 | |
| Blood Transfusion Service | 1,151 | |
| Administrative midwifery | 179 | |
| Hospital nursing: | Total | 330,830 |
| Qualified: | Total | 182,319 |
| Senior Nurse 1–5 | 440 | |
| Senior Nurse 6–8 | 5,458 | |
| Tutorial nursing | 4,935 | |
| Other registered nurses | 104,613 | |
| Enrolled nurses | 66,875 | |
| Learners: | Total | 62,524 |
| Post-registration student nurses | 2,169 | |
| Post-enrolment student nurses | 1,648 | |
| Pre-registration student nurses | 48,350 | |
| Pupil nurses | 10,358 | |
| Unqualified:2 | Total | 85,987 |
| Other nursing staff | 85,981 | |
| Nursing cadets | 6 | |
| Hospital midwifery: | Total | 18,722 |
| Qualified: | 14,543 | |
| Senior Nurses 1–5 | 28 | |
| Senior Nurses 6–8 | 579 | |
| Tutorial midwifery | 534 | |
| Other state certified midwives | 13,403 | |
| Learners: Student midwives | 4,179 | |
Whole-time equivalents
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Primary health care nursing:
| Total
| 38,116 |
| Senior nurse 1–5 and above | 91 | |
| Senior nurse 6–8 | 1,254 | |
Health visiting
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| Health visitors3 | 10,393 | |
| Other registered | 460 | |
| Other enrolled | 93 | |
| Student health visitors | 832 | |
| Other nursing staff | 224 | |
District nursing
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| District nurses4 | 9,119 | |
| District nursing tutorial | 43 | |
| Other registered | 1,315 | |
| Other enrolled5 | 4,296 | |
| Student district nurses | 680 | |
| Other nursing staff | 3,203 | |
School nursing service
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| Registered nurses6 | 2,485 | |
| Enrolled nurses | 182 | |
Dual/triple duty posts:
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| Health visitor/district nurse/midwife (and health visitor/midwife) | 37 | |
| District nurse/Midwife (and SRN/midwife) | 457 | |
| Enrolled nurse/Midwife | — | |
Other registered nurses
| 1,207 | |
Other enrolled nurses
| 368 | |
Other unqualified staff
| 1,378 | |
Community health midwifery:
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| Senior nurses 1–5 and above | — | |
| Senior nurses 6–8 | 117 | |
| Other midwifery staff | 4,011 | |
Agency nurses (Hospital)7
| 4,866 | |
Agency midwives (Hospital)7
| 268 | |
Agency nurses (PHC)7
| 282 | |
Agency midwives (PHC)7
| 35 | |
Source: DHSS Annual Census of NHS non-medical manpower. | ||
1 Excludes agency staff. | ||
2 Includes nursing auxiliaries and nursery nurses. | ||
3 Includes Health Visitor Fieldwork Teachers, HV School Nurses, TB visitors with HV certificates and Bank HVs. | ||
4 Includes District Nurse Practical Work Teachers and Bank District Nurses. | ||
5 Includes enrolled nurses with District Nurse Training. | ||
6 Includes School nurses and other registered nurses working in the school health services and Bank School Nurses. | ||
7 Not included in the totals. | ||