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NHS: Manpower

Volume 463: debated on Tuesday 24 July 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are employed in the NHS in (a) England and (b) Suffolk; and what percentage of each is employed in (i) management, (ii) administrative, (iii) scientific, (iv) research, (v) clinical medical, nursing and midwifery and (vi) other roles. (150544)

This information is shown in the table. The annual workforce census does not separately identify research staff.

Qualified ambulance staff have been excluded as the East of England Ambulance Service Trust falls within the Suffolk region, but serves a much wider area. Consequently the number of ambulance staff in Suffolk is much higher than would be expected, which also distorts the percentages in the other staff group areas.

National health service staff in England and Suffolk by specified staff group, as at 30 September 2006

England

Percentage

Of which: Suffolk

Percentage

All NHS staff1

1,306,622

100.0

13,013

100.0

Frontline Medical Staff2

659,017

50.4

6,324

48.6

of which

HCHS Doctors3

90,243

6.9

778

6.0

GMPs4

36,008

2.8

434

3.3

Qualified Nurses (incl. Midwifery, Health Visitors and Practice Nurses)

398,269

30.5

3,820

29.4

Qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical staff

134,497

10.3

1,292

9.9

Qualified ambulance staff

Clerical and administrative staff

219,080

16.8

1,962

15.1

Managers and senior managers

35,309

2.7

293

2.3

Others

393,216

30.1

4,434

34.1

1 The figures for Suffolk are based on 2006 Primary Care Trust and trust boundaries and consists of Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Suffolk Mental Health Partnership Trust, Suffolk PCT, West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust and East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust.

2 Front line medical staff includes HCHS doctors, general medical practitioners, qualified nurses (including GP practice nurses), qualified scientific, therapeutic & technical staff and Qualified ambulance staff.

3 Excludes medical hospital practitioners and medical clinical assistants, most of whom are general practitioners (GPs) working part time in hospitals.

4 General Medical practitioners includes GP providers, GP others, GP retainers and GP registrars.

Source:

Annual Workforce Census

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are employed in the NHS in (a) England and (b) West Sussex; and what percentage of each is employed in (i) management, (ii) administrative, (iii) scientific, (iv) research, (v) clinical medical, nursing and midwifery and (vi) other roles. (151785)

The information requested is shown in the following table.

NHS staff in England and West Sussex1 by specified staff group, as at 30 September 2006

Number (headcount)

Of which:

England

Percentage

West Sussex

Percentage

All NHS staff

1,338,779

100.0

29,263

100.0

Frontline medical staff2

675,260

50.4

15,261

52.2

of which:

HCHS doctors3

90,243

6.7

2,075

7.1

GMPs4

36,008

2.7

569

1.9

Qualified nurses (incl. midwifery, health visitors and practice nurses)

398,335

29.8

8,502

29.1

Qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical staff

134,498

10.0

2,558

8.7

Qualified ambulance staff

16,176

1.2

1,557

5.3

Clerical and administrative staff

224,302

16.8

4,925

16.8

Managers and senior managers

36,751

2.7

807

2.8

Others

402,466

30.1

8,270

28.3

1 The figures for West Sussex are based on 2006 primary care trust and trust boundaries and consists of Brighton and Sussex university hospitals NHS trust, Queen Victoria hospital NHS trust, Royal West Sussex NHS trust, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS trust, Sussex Partnership NHS trust, Worthing and Southlands hospitals NHS trust, West Sussex PCT and South East Coast ambulance service NHS trust

2 Front line medical staff includes HCHS doctors, general medical practitioners, qualified nurses (including GP practice nurses), qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical staff and qualified ambulance staff

3 Excludes medical hospital practitioners and medical clinical assistants, most of whom are GPs working part-time in hospitals

4 General medical practitioners includes GP providers, GP others, GP retainers and GP registrars.

Sources:

The Information Centre Non-Medical, Medical and Dental and General and Personal Medical Services Censuses