To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) nurses and midwives and (b) doctors have worked in (i) the acute and (ii) the community sector of the NHS in each of the last three years. [35848]
The information is shown in the tables.
| Doctors as at 30 September each year (whole-time equivalents) | ||
| Hospital | Community | |
| 1991 | 41,430 | 2,780 |
| 1992 | 42,290 | 2,600 |
| 1993 | 43,800 | 2,590 |
| Nursing and midwifery staff (excluding agency) working withinhospitals and the community sector of the NHS as at 30 Septembereach year (Whole time equivalents) | ||
| Hospital | Community | |
| 1991 | 339,300 | 56,610 |
| 1992 | 325,370 | 57,290 |
| 1993 | 307,870 | 57,750 |
Notes:
1. Figures are rounded to the nearest ten.
2. The decrease in hospital nursing and midwifery staff are mainly a result of the fall in the number of learners and the exclusion of Project 2000 students. Project 2000 students are bursary paid and are not employed by the NHS. There were around 10,500 Project 2000 students in 1991, 18,300 in 1992 and 28,000 in 1993.
3. Figures exclude nursing and midwifery staff working in centrally based services, blood transfusion services, which are not based in hospitals, and administrative nursing and midwifery staff.
4. Figures for community nursing and midwifery staff include practice nurses.