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Dept of Health

Answer

Mrs. Browning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many full-time equivalent (a) psychiatrists and (b) community psychiatric nurses are employed in each of the primary care trust areas in Devon. [192260] Ms Rosie Winterton: Information is not collected by primary care trust area, but instead by strategic health authority (SHA) area. The table shows the latest data available for the South West Peninsula SHA by organisation. Hospital, public health medicine and community health services (HCHS): Qualified community psychiatric nurses and consultants within the psychiatry group by organisation within South West Peninsula SHA: As at 30 September 2003 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Whole-time equivalents Consultants Qualified nurses South West Peninsula Q21 80 509 Of which: Cornwall Health Care National RJ8 27 209 Health Service Trust Mid Devon PCT 5FV 1-- 3 North and East Devon Partnerships RWV 37 189 NHS Trust Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust RK9 3 1 Plymouth PCT 5F1 11 107 South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust RA9 2 --1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: 1 Denotes zero Sources: Department of Health medical and dental workforce census. Department of Health non-medical workforce census

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

425 c493-4W; 192260

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Consultants Devon Primary care trusts Psychiatry Psychiatric nurses

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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