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Armed Forces: Health Services

Volume 459: debated on Wednesday 2 May 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many uniformed (a) doctors, (b) dentists, (c) nurses and (d) medical and dental support staff are employed by each armed service. (132852)

The number of uniformed doctors, dentists, nurses and medical and support staff who are employed by each single service is shown in the following table:

Service

Medical officers (which include primary consultants, secondary consultants and GPs)

Dental officers

Nurses (not including health care assistants)

Allied Health Professionals, medical dental support staff

RN

130

51

290

890

Army

240

130

620

2550

RAF

130

61

430

980

Note:

Figures over 100 are rounded to the nearest 10.

Source:

DMSD

Numbers are correct as of 1 January 2007, and include fully qualified service personnel only.