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Mr. Gibb
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many community mental health nurses were employed in the NHS in each year since 1979. [10904]
Mr. Milburn
[holding answer 28 July 1997]: The number of community mental health nurses employed by the NHS in each year since 1981—the earliest year for which figures are available—is shown in the table.
| NHS hospital and community health services nursing staff in the community psychiatric area of work1 England, at 30 September each year | |
| Whole time equivalents | |
| Year | Nursing staff in the community psychiatric area1 |
| 1981 | 1,080 |
| 1982 | 1,270 |
| 1983 | 1,430 |
| 1984 | 1,880 |
| 1985 | 2,310 |
| 1986 | 2,530 |
| 1987 | 2,770 |
| 1988 | 3,080 |
| 1989 | 3,380 |
| 1990 | 3,600 |
| 1991 | 3,760 |
| 1992 | 4,210 |
| 1993 | 4,320 |
| 1994 | 4,760 |
| 19952 | 7,980 |
| 19962 | 10,530 |
Notes:
1 Includes qualified, unqualified and other nursing staff working in the community psychiatric area of work.
2 A new classification of non-medical NHS staff was introduced in 1995. Information based on this classification is not directly comparable with earlier years.
Figures are rounded to the neared 10 whole-time equivalents.
Source:
Department of Health non-medical work force census.