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Mrs. Beckett
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) health visitors, (b) district nurses, (c) community psychiatric nurses and (d) school nurses were employed in each area of Northern Ireland on 30 September 1993, and for the latest date available, expressed as whole-time equivalents and actual numbers; and if she will list the same information for student health visitors and student district nurses. [33254]
Mr. Moss
The information is as follows:
| September | Eastern | Northern | Southern | Western |
| Health visitors per 1,000 population under five | ||||
| 1992 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.0 |
| 1993 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| 1994 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
| Health visitors per 1,000 population 65 and over | ||||
| 1992 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 1993 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 1994 | 1 7 | 1 9 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
Notes:
The latest figures available relate to September 1994.
1993 mid-year estimates for populations, which are the latest available, were used to calculate the 1994 ratios.