Mental Health Services: Southwark
(asked on 28th March 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mental health nurses have been employed by the local NHS trust in Southwark in each of the last five years.
Three National Health Service trusts in Southwark employ mental health nursing staff. The information for each trust and the total is shown in the following table.
NHS Hospital and Community Health Services: Qualified mental health nursing staff in NHS trusts in Southwark, as at 31 December each year, full-time equivalent
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
NHS trusts in Southwark | 1,352 | 1,302 | 1,222 | 1,242 | 1,244 |
of which: | |||||
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust | 3 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 7 |
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust | 1,348 | 1,293 | 1,216 | 1,232 | 1,236 |
Source: NHS Digital
Notes: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is a mental health trust so is the most relevant.
The data above for qualified mental health nursing staff includes the following staff groups:
- Community Psychiatry;
- Other Psychiatry;
- Community Learning disability; and
- Other Learning Disabilities.