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Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many (a) district nurses and (b) community midwifery staff have been employed by the NHS in Wales in each year since 1987.
Mr. Gwilym Jones
Detailed breakdowns of nursing staff employed by health authorities and NHS trusts into occupational groups such as those requested are not considered reliable. However, information on the whole-time equivalent numbers of all nursing and midwifery staff is as follows.
| Staff in post as at 30 September | |
| Number | |
| 1987 | 27,764 |
| 1988 | 27,920 |
| 1989 | 28,037 |
| 1990 | 28,093 |
| 1991 | 27,962 |
| 19921 | 27,583 |
| 1 In addition there are about 1,000 student nurses who have been reclassified as students from nurses following the introduction of Project 2000 nursing education reforms. | |