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Mr. Hayward
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will identify the number of doctors and nurses employed in Northern Ireland (a) now and (b) in June 1979.
Mr. Needham
The information, which is available for September of each year, is as follows:
| Year | Doctors (including GPs) | Nurses |
| September 1979 | 2,931 | 18,711 |
| September 1989 | 3,459 | 20,780 |