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Health Professions: Manpower

Volume 480: debated on Wednesday 15 October 2008

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Paul Holmes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many nurses there are in (a) Chesterfield, (b) Derbyshire and (c) England; (225326)

(2) how many doctors there are in (a) Chesterfield, (b) Derbyshire and (c) England;

(3) how many NHS nurses were employed in (a) Chesterfield, (b) Derbyshire and (c) England in each year since 1997;

(4) how many NHS doctors were employed in (a) Chesterfield, (b) Derbyshire and (c) England in each year since 1997.

Ann Keen

The information requested is shown in the following tables.

All GPs (excluding retainers and registrars) for selected organisations in England, as at 1997-2007

numbers (headcount)

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

England total

28,046

28,251

28,467

28,593

28,802

29,202

30,358

31,523

32,738

33,091

33,364

Total specified organisations

503

513

508

512

518

545

573

595

607

611

622

QCH

North Derbyshire Health Authority (HA)

191

195

199

193

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

QCJ

South Derbyshire HA

312

318

309

319

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

5N7

Derby City PCT

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

142

143

149

154

155

159

161

5N6

Derbyshire County PCT1

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

376

402

424

441

452

452

461

All practice nurses for selected organisations in England, as at 1997-2007

numbers (headcount)

19972

19982

19992

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

England total

n/a

n/a

n/a

19,200

19,846

20,983

21,667

22,144

22,904

23,797

22,860

Total specified organisations

n/a

n/a

n/a

351

351

385

377

433

422

456

486

QCH

North Derbyshire HA

n/a

n/a

n/a

128

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

QCJ

South Derbyshire HA

n/a

n/a

n/a

223

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

5N7

Derby City PCT

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

112

122

123

132

129

132

135

5N6

Derbyshire County PCT1

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

239

263

254

301

293

324

351

n/a = Not applicable.

1 In 2006 Amber Valley PCT, Chesterfield PCT, Derbyshire Dales and South Derbyshire PCT, Erewash PCT, High Peak and Dales PCT and North Eastern Derbyshire PCT merged to form Derbyshire County PCT. Figures prior to 2006 are an aggregate of these six predecessor organisations.

2 Practice nurse headcount figures are not available on the annual census prior to 2000.

Notes:

1. Data for Chesterfield are not available. Data are available for Trusts and PCTs that provide or provided services within the Chesterfield constituency.

2. Data is not available for the specific geographical area of Derbyshire. The data used here is for both PCTs within Derbyshire for comparability as they were formed from the two former health authorities in Derbyshire.

3. Data as at 1 October 1997-99, 30 September 2000-07

Data Quality:

Work force statistics are compiled from data sent by more than 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) in England. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data. Processing methods and procedures are continually being updated to improve data quality. Where this happens any impact on figures already published will be assessed but unless this is significant at national level they will not be changed. Where there is impact only at detailed or local level this will be footnoted in relevant analyses.

Source:

The Information Centre for health and social care General and Personal Medical Services Statistics

Hospital and community health services (HCHS): medical and dental staff1 within specified organisations in England, 1997-2007

numbers (headcount)

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

England

60,230

62,140

63,994

66,067

68,464

72,168

76,400

82,951

37,043

90,243

91,790

RFS

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

191

202

209

205

229

233

247

260

265

281

306

5N6

Derbyshire County PCT2

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

50

51

53

53

55

44

NHS hospital and community health services: qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff in England by specified organisation, 1997-2007

numbers (headcount)

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

England

300,467

304,563

310,142

316,752

330,535

346,537

364,692

375,371

361,257

374,538

376,737

RFS

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

789

818

823

757

887

907

898

938

1,032

964

975

5N6

Derbyshire County PCT2

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

763

1,276

1,282

1,331

1,394

1,271

1,280

n/a = Not applicable.

1 Figure excludes medical hospital practitioners and medical clinical assistants, most of whom are GPs working part time in hospitals.

2 In 2006 Amber Valley PCT, Chesterfield PCT, Derbyshire Dales and South Derbyshire PCT, Erewash PCT, High Peak and Dales PCT and North-Eastern Derbyshire PCT merged to form Derbyshire County PCT. Figures prior to 2006 are an aggregate of these six predecessor organisations.

Notes:

1. Data for Chesterfield are not available. Data are available for Trusts and PCTs that provide or provided services within the Chesterfield constituency.

2. Data as at 1 October 1997-99, 30 September 2000-07.

Data Quality:

Work force statistics are compiled from data sent by more than 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) in England. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data. Processing methods and procedures are continually being updated to improve data quality. Where this happens any impact on figures already published will be assessed but unless this is significant at national level they will not be changed. Where there is impact only at detailed or local level this will be footnoted in relevant analyses.

Sources:

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

2. The Information Centre for health and social care Non-Medical Workforce. Census