[holding answer 24 April 2007]: The following table gives headcount and full-time equivalent numbers of health visitors and district nurses who were working in the predecessor organisations which now form Hampshire primary care trust (PCT). Data is only available for the years 2002 to 2005 and is provided in the following table. Figures for 2006 will be published in the 2006 NHS Workforce Census on 26 April 2007.
Headcount Full-time equivalent 2002 2003 2004 2005 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total specified organisations 498 552 450 417 388 420 325 310 Blackwater Valley and Hart PCT 121 134 100 79 96 103 76 59 Health visitor 59 74 56 49 48 57 43 37 District nurse 62 60 44 30 48 46 33 22 East Hampshire PCT 61 62 60 62 49 50 46 49 Health visitor 41 41 38 39 31 31 28 29 District nurse 20 21 22 23 19 19 18 19 Eastleigh and Test Valley South PCT 49 47 36 37 35 34 26 28 Health visitor 31 31 25 24 22 22 17 17 District nurse 18 16 11 13 13 12 8 11 Fareham and Gosport PCT 68 69 88 71 54 52 58 54 Health visitor 45 44 46 41 33 31 32 29 District nurse 23 25 42 30 21 22 26 25 Mid-Hampshire PCT 24 64 51 55 18 46 36 39 Health visitor 11 47 34 37 8 31 22 24 District nurse 13 17 17 18 11 15 14 15 New Forest PCT 55 56 55 51 43 43 39 38 Health visitor 32 30 33 32 23 20 21 21 District nurse 23 26 22 19 20 23 18 17 North Hampshire PCT 120 120 60 62 92 92 44 43 Health visitor 56 54 43 40 40 39 31 28 District nurse 64 66 17 22 52 53 13 14 Notes: The drop in figures between 2003 and 2004 has been explained by the trusts as data cleansing across the Hampshire area. Full-time equivalent figures are rounded to the nearest whole number.