The number of school nurses employed in each health region is shown in the table. School nurses have only been separately identified in the national health service workforce census since 2004.
Headcount 2004 2005 Total qualified nurses in the school nursing area of work Of which: qualified school nurses1 Total qualified nurses in the school nursing area of work Of which: qualified school nurses1 England 2,409 856 2,887 943 North East Strategic Health Authority (SHA) area 145 64 164 61 North West SHA area 468 157 471 192 Yorkshire and the Humber SHA area 303 115 402 132 East Midlands SHA area 230 38 255 34 West Midlands SHA area 185 110 264 110 East of England SHA area 186 71 287 50 London SHA area 363 131 471 168 South East Coast SHA area 180 82 203 97 South Central SHA area 111 45 117 33 South West SHA area 238 43 253 66 1 Qualified school nurses hold the National Midwifery Council (NMC) Specialist Practice Qualification with an outcome in school nursing, which is a recordable qualification on the NMC register. School nurses have only been collected from 2004 as a separate category. Source: The Information Centre for health and social care non-medical workforce census.