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Junior Doctors: Taunton

Volume 461: debated on Friday 15 June 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many junior doctors are registered in Taunton constituency. (141212)

The General Medical Council (GMC) keeps an up-to-date register of qualified doctors; all doctors must be registered with the GMC before they can work in the United Kingdom. Further information on the CMC can be found at:

www.gmc-uk.org

The number of doctors in training and equivalent grades employed by national health service organisations within Taunton constituency is shown in the table.

Hospital and community health services (HCHS): medical and dental staff, showing doctors in training and equivalent grades for NHS organisations within Taunton constituency as at 30 September 2006.

Number (headcount)

Total

Yeovil DistrictHospital NHS Foundation Trust

Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust

All staff

568

185

383

Doctors in training and equivalents of which:

269

75

194

Registrar group

76

10

66

Senior house officer

133

31

102

Foundation year two

19

19

0

House officer

41

15

26

Source:

The Information Centre for health and social care medical and dental workforce census.