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Mr. Wiggin
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many doctors left the NHS last year. [123602]
Mr. Hutton
Work force data are collected through the annual Department of Health medical and general practitioner work force census. The census is a snapshot of data as of 30 September in the appropriate year. The information presented in the table shows the net difference in the number of doctors between September 2001 and September 2002. Data on numbers of leavers and joiners in the national health service is not available.
Hospital, public health medicine and community health services ( HCHS) medical and dental staff and general medical practitioners, in England, as at 30 September 2001 and 2002 | ||
headcount | ||
2001 | 2002 | |
All doctors1 | 100,319 | 104,460 |
of which: | ||
HCHS medical and dental staff1 | 68,484 | 72,168 |
General medical practitioners | 31,835 | 32,292 |
1 Excludes hospital medical hospital practitioners and hospital medical clinical assistants, most of whom are GPs working part time in hospitals. |