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Dept of Health

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Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many paediatric nurses there are per 1,000 of population in each health authority in England. [116721] Mr. Denham: The information requested is shown in the table. NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff within the paediatric area of work, per 1,000 population in each health authority in England, as at 30 September 1998 Number (headcount) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Health authority Paediatric staff by health Census population Paediatric staff per 1,000 authority population England total 20,030 49,494,580 0.40 Hillingdon 60 251,160 0.25 Kensington, Chelsea and 380 390,770 0.96 Westminster Enfield and Haringey 70 486,440 0.14 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 70 453,320 0.15 Bedfordshire 170 556,630 0.31 Berkshire 230 800,180 0.29 Buckinghamshire 200 681,870 0.29 Cambridge and Huntingdon 150 467,980 0.32 Bexley and Greenwich 210 432,930 0.49 Bromley 30 297,120 0.10 Croydon 40 338,220 0.10 East Kent 290 601,060 0.48 West Kent 260 973,500 0.27 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 760 745,240 1.02 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 310 626,990 0.50 East Surrey 130 419,940 0.31 West Surrey 130 640,600 0.20 East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 290 747,180 0.38 West Sussex 110 751,840 0.15 Barking and Havering 160 383,890 0.42 Barnet 40 331,550 0.12 Brent and Harrow 100 464,450 0.21 Camden and Islington 1,180 367,570 3.20 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 100 671,170 0.15 East London and The City 240 612,420 0.38 North Essex 240 897,080 0.27 South Essex 100 708,540 0.15 South Lancashire 30 312,660 0.11 Liverpool 980 461,480 2.11 Manchester 240 429,810 0.57 Morecambe Bay 110 310,300 0.34 St. Helens and Knowsley 70 333,000 0.22 Salford and Trafford 840 446,220 1.87 Sefton 40 287,740 0.15 Stockport 250 292,810 0.85 West Pennine 290 472,040 0.61 East Norfolk 100 628,090 0.16 Northamptonshire 220 615,800 0.37 North West Anglia 160 413,970 0.38 Oxfordshire 220 616,710 0.36 Suffolk 110 671,100 0.17 Barnsley 70 228,100 0.29 North Derbyshire 110 370,190 0.30 Southern Derbyshire 170 567,460 0.30 Doncaster 90 290,470 0.32 Leicestershire 360 928,720 0.39 Lincolnshire 140 623,130 0.22 North Nottinghamshire 80 388,890 0.21 Nottingham 560 642,700 0.87 Rotherham 80 254,420 0.31 Sheffield 370 531,140 0.70 Bury and Rochdale 90 391,010 0.22 North Cheshire 80 311,910 0.25 South Cheshire 170 672,370 0.26 East Lancashire 220 511,230 0.43 North West Lancashire 190 466,270 0.41 North and Mid Hampshire 190 556,940 0.34 Portsmouth and South East 200 544,680 0.37 Hampshire Southampton and South West 310 542,340 0.57 Hampshire Isle of Wight 60 126,990 0.46 Somerset 100 489,280 0.20 South and West Devon 180 589,120 0.30 Wiltshire 160 605,510 0.27 Avon 410 999,300 0.41 Birmingham 1,150 1,013,430 1.14 Wigan and Bolton 70 577,980 0.13 Wirral 150 327,140 0.45 Bradford 240 483,280 0.50 County Durham 160 607,770 0.26 East Riding 120 574,530 0.20 Gateshead and South Tyneside 90 353,470 0.26 Leeds 430 727,390 0.60 Newcastle and North Tyneside 530 470,070 1.13 North Cumbria 40 319,260 0.12 South Humber 140 308,580 0.45 Northumberland 40 309,640 0.14 Sunderland 140 292,310 0.47 Tees 230 556,340 0.41 Wakefield 140 318,800 0.43 North Yorkshire 190 742,400 0.25 Calderdale and Kirklees 210 583,770 0.36 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 90 490,370 0.18 Dorset 210 691,220 0.30 North and East Devon 60 479,260 0.12 Gloucestershire 130 557,260 0.23 Coventry 90 304,330 0.29 Dudley 80 311,470 0.24 Herefordshire 40 167,920 0.22 Sandwell 80 290,520 0.28 Shropshire 130 430,210 0.30 North Staffordshire 250 469,210 0.54 South Staffordshire 90 592,070 0.15 Walsall 100 261,170 0.36 Warwickshire 60 506,710 0.11 Wolverhampton 130 241,620 0.53 Worcestershire 140 538,200 0.27 East and North Hertfordshire 90 499,600 0.18 West Hertfordshire 130 534,020 0.24 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 where appropriate. 2. Due to rounding totals may not equal the sum of component parts. 3. Figures do not include Special Health Authority and Other Statutory Health Authority staff. Sources: Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census. Population figures from Estimates based on 1991 Census.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

347 c504-6W;347 c504-7W; 116721

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Nurses Staff Paediatrics

Contains statistics

Yes

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