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Junior Doctors: Greater London

Volume 471: debated on Wednesday 30 January 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many newly trained junior doctors were employed in (a) Greater London, (b) Essex and (c) Queen's Hospital, Romford in the last 12 months. (179665)

The information is not available in the format requested. The following table shows the number of doctors in the first year of employment, compared to the total number in training at all trusts within National Health Service London, the five NHS trusts in the Essex area, and at the Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust, of which Queen's Hospital Romford is a part, on 30 September 2006.

All doctors in training

House officer and foundation programme year one1

Greater London

London Strategic Health Authority2

10,633

815

Essex

Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

154

30

Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust

184

28

Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust

200

30

Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

162

27

Southend Hospital NHS Trust

198

30

Queen's Hospital, Romford

Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust

419

47

1 The position of House Officer is currently being phased out and will soon be replaced entirely by foundation programme year one.

2 London Strategic Health Authority (SHA) does not map precisely over the county boundaries of Greater London.

Source:

The Information Centre for health and social care Medical and Dental Workforce Census

The number of doctors that the NHS requires to be recruited each year is a matter for determination by local NHS organisations, as they are best placed to assess the health needs of their local health community.