Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many hospital beds there were in England in (1) 2010, and (2) 2018.
Answered by Lord Bethell
Information is not available in the format requested as data is not collected on the total number of hospital beds by year.
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children have been recorded as having contracted COVID-19 in 2020 to date.
Answered by Lord Bethell
As of 7 August 2020 in England, 10,471 COVID-19 cases were recorded for children and young people aged 19 and under.
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many registered nurses there are in England.
Answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the independent regulator of nurses, midwives and nursing associates. The NMC’s last registration data report, published 30 September 2019, showed 518,980 registered nurses with a home address in England.
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many registered mental health nurses there are in England.
Answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the independent regulator of nurses, midwives and nursing associates. The NMC’s last registration data report, published 30 September 2019, showed 70,159 registered mental health nurses with a home address in England.
In addition, there were a further 29 dual qualified registered nurse/midwives, with an address in England, who also hold mental health nursing qualifications.
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many hospital beds there were in NHS hospitals in (1) 2008, (2) 2010, and (3) 2015.
Answered by Lord O'Shaughnessy
From April 2010, NHS England started to publish quarterly information on the numbers of available and occupied beds open overnight and day only in National Health Service organisations. Previously, annual data was published. A table showing the numbers of NHS hospital beds is attached owing to the size of the data.
There has been a long-term reduction in the number of general and acute beds open overnight because hospitals are dealing with patients more efficiently. The NHS now performs more day cases, length of stay is decreasing and more people are treated in community settings.
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many qualified nurses were employed in the NHS in (1) 2015, and (2) 2010.
Answered by Lord O'Shaughnessy
NHS Digital publishes workforce statistics. The following table shows the number of full time equivalent (FTE) nurses and health visitors working in the National Health Service in May
2015 and May 2010.
FTE | May 2010 | May 2015 |
Nurses | 280,950 | 281,326 |
Source: NHS Digital, provisional NHS HCHS monthly workforce statistics.
Notes: Health visitors may be employed by NHS provider organisations, but may also be employed directly by local authorities or other care providers. Current data collections do not cover the complete range of these organisations. As a result, it is not possible to provide accurate data on the total size of the health visitor workforce.
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many GPs there were in practice in the NHS in (1) 2010, and (2) 2015.
Answered by Lord O'Shaughnessy
Information on the numbers of general practitioners in practice is shown in the following table.
| 2010 | 2015 |
Headcount (England) | 39,409 | 40,648 |
Full-time equivalent (England) | 35,243 | 34,025 |
Source: NHS Digital. Figures as at September 30 each year.