The information is not available in the format requested. However, the following table shows the numbers of NHS staff in the Gateshead PCT by main staff group as at 30 September each specified year.
2002 2003 2004 2005 All staff 1,173 1,241 1,278 1,393 All Doctors 147 151 162 161 All Medical and Dental staff1 12 13 15 15 All GPs2 135 138 147 146 Practice staff3 452 459 435 439 Practice Nurses 104 109 102 112 Non-Medical staff total 574 631 681 793 Professionally qualified clinical staff 334 353 381 450 Qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff 230 237 253 306 Qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical staff 104 116 128 144 Qualified Allied Health Professions 74 87 91 102 Other Qualified Scientific, therapeutic and technical staff 30 29 37 42 Support to clinical staff 165 199 211 238 Support to doctors and nursing staff 156 176 187 217 Support to ST&T staff 9 23 24 21 NHS infrastructure support 73 79 89 105 Central functions 43 35 34 47 Hotel, property and estates 1 1 2 3 Managers and senior managers 29 43 53 55 Other staff or those with unknown classification 2 0 0 0 1 Excludes medical Hospital Practitioners and medical Clinical Assistants, most of whom are GPs working part time in hospitals. 2 All Practitioners includes Contracted GPs, GMS Others, PMS Others, GP Registrars and GP Retainers. 3 Practice Staff includes Practice Nurses, Direct Patient Care, Admin and Clerical and Other. Data covers: NHS Staff directly employed by the PCT; and GP practices who are commissioned by the PCT. Sources: The Information Centre for health and social care Medical and Dental Workforce Census. The Information Centre for health and social care General and Personal Medical Services Statistics