Gareth Thomas
Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office), Party Chair, Co-operative Party
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) district nurses, (b) health visitors, (c) community psychiatric nurses, (d) community matrons and (e) community learning disabilities nurses were employed by the NHS in each primary care trust area in London in (i) the latest period for which figures are available and (ii) the period 12 months prior to this; and if he will make a statement.
Daniel Poulter
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health
The numbers of staff in each of the specified categories employed by national health service trusts, including primary care trusts (PCTs), in London as at
| NHS hospital and community health services: Qualified nursing staff in the London Strategic Health Authority area by organisation in each specified area of work as at 30 September 2010 | |||||||
| Full-time equivalent | |||||||
| Of which: | |||||||
| All specified staff | Community Psychiatry | Community Learning Disabilities | Community Services | Community Matron | Health visitor | District nurses | |
| London Strategic Health Authority area | 7,822 | 2,081 | 166 | 5,574 | 191 | 1,107 | 1,093 |
| Barking and Dagenham PCT | 18 | — | — | 18 | — | — | — |
| Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust | 7 | — | — | 7 | — | — | — |
| Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust | 5 | — | — | 5 | — | — | — |
| Barnet PCT | 179 | — | 3 | 176 | 5 | 66 | 74 |
| Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust | 205 | 205 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bexley Care Trust | 4 | — | — | 4 | — | — | 2 |
| Brent Teaching PCT | 168 | — | 10 | 159 | 3 | 31 | 48 |
| Bromley PCT | 229 | — | 24 | 205 | 6 | 54 | 46 |
| Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust | 122 | 117 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Camden PCT | 76 | — | — | 76 | 3 | 15 | 6 |
| Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust | 10 | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| City and Hackney Teaching PCT | 227 | 5 | 6 | 216 | 2 | 46 | 21 |
| Croydon Health Services NHS Trust | 194 | — | — | 194 | 9 | 45 | 71 |
| Croydon PCT | 30 | — | — | 30 | — | — | 16 |
| Ealing Hospital NHS Trust | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Ealing PCT | 201 | 1 | 3 | 197 | 11 | 43 | 27 |
| East London NHS Foundation Trust | 209 | 209 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enfield PCT | 177 | — | 7 | 170 | 9 | 32 | 77 |
| Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children NHS Trust | 53 | — | — | 53 | — | 40 | — |
| Greenwich Teaching PCT | 209 | — | 1 | 208 | 6 | 27 | 60 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham PCT | 30 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Haringey Teaching PCT | 132 | — | 8 | 123 | 9 | — | 47 |
| Harrow PCT | 123 | — | 5 | 118 | 4 | 28 | 41 |
| Havering PCT | 398 | — | 8 | 391 | 12 | 62 | 101 |
| Hillingdon PCT | 184 | — | 2 | 182 | 10 | 38 | 11 |
| Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Hounslow PCT | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 |
| Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Islington PCT | 180 | 19 | 1 | 160 | — | 24 | 28 |
| Kensington and Chelsea PCT | 520 | 2 | 14 | 504 | 27 | 95 | 50 |
| King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Kingston Hospital NHS Trust | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Kingston PCT | 0 | — | — | 0 | — | — | — |
| Lambeth PCT | 233 | — | 1 | 232 | 6 | 31 | 25 |
| Lewisham Healthcare NHS Trust | 49 | — | — | 49 | 11 | 6 | — |
| Lewisham PCT | 158 | — | — | 158 | 11 | 34 | 59 |
| London Strategic Health Authority | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Newham PCT | 213 | — | 4 | 209 | — | 39 | 68 |
| North East London NHS Foundation Trust | 479 | 298 | 6 | 175 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| North West London Hospitals NHS Trust | 11 | — | — | 11 | — | 3 | 1 |
| Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust | 398 | 212 | 14 | 172 | — | 26 | 12 |
| Redbridge PCT | 69 | — | 10 | 59 | — | 35 | — |
| Richmond and Twickenham PCT | 258 | — | 5 | 253 | 12 | 60 | 74 |
| Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust | 16 | — | — | 16 | — | — | — |
| South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust | 674 | 666 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — |
| South London Healthcare NHS Trust | 13 | — | — | 13 | — | 1 | — |
| South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust | 194 | 192 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Southwark PCT | 193 | — | 3 | 190 | 4 | 48 | 19 |
| St George's Healthcare NHS Trust | 272 | — | 4 | 268 | 9 | 39 | 30 |
| Sutton and Merton PCT | 229 | — | 4 | 224 | 7 | 66 | 14 |
| Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust | 9 | 1 | — | 8 | — | — | — |
| Tower Hamlets PCT | 194 | — | 4 | 190 | 3 | 50 | 31 |
| Waltham Forest PCT | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — |
| Wandsworth PCT | 12 | — | — | 12 | — | — | 3 |
| West London Mental Health NHS Trust | 136 | 136 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Westminster PCT | 5 | — | — | 5 | — | — | — |
| Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust | 3 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| Your Healthcare | 90 | — | 6 | 84 | 2 | 16 | 15 |
| ‘—’ = zero Notes: 1. As a consequence of TCS (Transforming Community Services) the former provider arm of some PCTs may have transferred into local acute trusts, this can be seen in the large increase in staff numbers at Ealing Hospital NHS Trust for example. 2. Community Matrons, Health Visitors and District Nurses work exclusively in the Community Services area of work. This area of work also includes Nurse Consultants, Modern Matrons, Nurse Managers, RSCNs, Other first level nurses and Other second level nurses who are not separately identified in this table. 3. Full-time equivalent figures are rounded to the nearest whole number. Data Quality: The Health and Social Care Information Centre seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data but responsibility for data accuracy lies with the organisations providing the data. Methods are continually being updated to improve data quality where changes impact on figures already published. This is assessed but unless it is significant at national level figures are not changed. Impact at detailed or local level is footnoted in relevant analyses. Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre Non-Medical Workforce Census. | |||||||
| NHS hospital and community health services: Qualified nursing staff in the London Strategic Health Authority area by organisation in each specified area of work as at 30 September 2011 | |||||||
| Full-time equivalent | |||||||
| Of which: | |||||||
| All specified staff | Community Psychiatry | Community Learning Disabilities | Community Services | Community Matron | Health visitor | District nurses | |
| London Strategic Health Authority area | 7,571 | 1,999 | 144 | 5,428 | 157 | 1,086 | 1,037 |
| Barking and Dagenham PCT | 15 | — | — | 15 | — | — | — |
| Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust | 6 | — | — | 6 | — | — | — |
| Barnet PCT | 160 | — | 9 | 151 | 5 | 36 | 13 |
| Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust | 375 | 212 | 5 | 158 | — | 37 | 15 |
| Barts and the London NHS Trust | 182 | — | 5 | 177 | 1 | 39 | 28 |
| Bexley Care Trust | 6 | — | — | 6 | — | — | — |
| Brent Teaching PCT | 9 | — | — | 9 | — | — | — |
| Bromley PCT | 207 | — | 10 | 197 | 6 | 47 | 44 |
| Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust | 111 | 106 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Camden PCT | 110 | — | — | 110 | 4 | 21 | 11 |
| Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust | 8 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust | 457 | 1 | 20 | 436 | 17 | 90 | 42 |
| Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| City and Hackney Teaching PCT | 21 | — | — | 21 | — | — | 3 |
| Croydon Health Services NHS Trust | 198 | 0 | — | 198 | 7 | 43 | 83 |
| Ealing Hospital NHS Trust | 478 | 1 | 10 | 467 | 16 | 106 | 114 |
| Ealing PCT | 9 | — | — | 9 | — | 2 | 5 |
| East London NHS Foundation Trust | 388 | 178 | 5 | 206 | 1 | 37 | 70 |
| Enfield PCT | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children NHS Trust | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Greenwich Teaching PCT | 4 | — | — | 4 | — | — | 1 |
| Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust | 401 | — | 3 | 398 | 10 | 91 | 39 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham PCT | 9 | — | — | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Haringey Teaching PCT | 10 | — | — | 10 | 3 | — | — |
| Havering PCT | 366 | — | 7 | 358 | 12 | 56 | 162 |
| Hillingdon PCT | 187 | — | 2 | 185 | 11 | 39 | 12 |
| Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 213 | 2 | 2 | 209 | 3 | 48 | 10 |
| Hounslow PCT | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 |
| Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Islington PCT | 5 | — | — | 5 | — | — | 1 |
| Kensington and Chelsea PCT | 3 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| Kingston Hospital NHS Trust | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Lambeth PCT | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Lewisham Healthcare NHS Trust | 133 | — | — | 133 | 10 | 22 | 61 |
| Lewisham PCT | 84 | — | — | 84 | 11 | 22 | 9 |
| London Strategic Health Authority | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Newham University Hospital NHS Trust | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| North East London NHS Foundation Trust | 487 | 292 | 6 | 189 | 8 | 35 | 14 |
| North West London Hospitals NHS Trust | 13 | — | — | 13 | — | 4 | 1 |
| Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust | 592 | 221 | 14 | 357 | — | 48 | 66 |
| Redbridge PCT | 67 | — | 9 | 58 | — | 25 | — |
| Richmond and Twickenham PCT | 238 | — | 4 | 234 | 11 | 41 | 87 |
| Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust | 21 | — | — | 21 | — | — | — |
| Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust | 620 | 614 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
| South London Healthcare NHS Trust | 15 | — | — | 15 | — | 1 | 1 |
| South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust | 224 | 219 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
| St George's Healthcare NHS Trust | 301 | — | 4 | 297 | 8 | 55 | 34 |
| Sutton and Merton PCT | 210 | — | 1 | 209 | 6 | 60 | 18 |
| Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | — | — | — |
| Waltham Forest PCT | 4 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — |
| Wandsworth PCT | 29 | — | — | 29 | — | 1 | 9 |
| West London Mental Health NHS Trust | 135 | 135 | — | — | — | — | — |
| West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust | 6 | — | — | 6 | — | — | — |
| Westminster PCT | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust | 35 | — | — | 35 | — | — | — |
| Whittington Hospital NHS Trust | 300 | 9 | 7 | 284 | 5 | 60 | 69 |
| Your Healthcare | 92 | — | 6 | 86 | 2 | 19 | 13 |
| ‘—’ = zero Notes: 1. As a consequence of TCS (Transforming Community Services) the former provider arm of some PCTs may have transferred into local acute trusts, this can be seen in the large increase in staff numbers at Ealing Hospital NHS Trust for example. 2. Community Matrons, Health Visitors and District Nurses work exclusively in the Community Services area of work. This area of work also includes Nurse Consultants, Modern Matrons, Nurse Managers, RSCNs, Other first level nurses and Other second level nurses who are not separately identified in this table. 3. Full-time equivalent figures are rounded to the nearest whole number. Data Quality: The Health and Social Care Information Centre seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data but responsibility for data accuracy lies with the organisations providing the data. Methods are continually being updated to improve data quality where changes impact on figures already published. This is assessed but unless it is significant at national level figures are not changed. Impact at detailed or local level is footnoted in relevant analyses. Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre Non-Medical Workforce Census. | |||||||
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