Information as to how many doctors, nurses, dentists and non-medical staff Suffolk NHS trust employed in each of the last five years is shown in the following table.
Headcount 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 West Suffolk NHS Trust 3,140 3,068 2,825 2,805 2,928 Medical and Dental staff 274 283 285 274 284 Medical staff 266 273 281 268 280 Dental staff 8 10 4 6 4 Professionally qualified clinical staff 1,296 1,307 1,228 1,237 1,305 Qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff 1,013 986 919 932 984 Qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical staff 283 321 309 305 321 Qualified Allied Health Professions 143 141 130 122 125 Qualified Healthcare Scientists 62 67 70 74 72 Other Qualified Scientific, therapeutic and technical staff 78 113 109 109 124 Support to clinical staff 1,005 971 863 845 870 Support to doctors and nursing staff 839 835 745 731 754 Support to ST&T staff 166 136 118 114 116 NHS infrastructure support 565 507 449 449 469 Central functions 111 99 100 109 116 Hotel, property and estates 381 332 297 285 291 Managers and senior managers 73 76 52 55 62 Notes: Data Quality Workforce 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: The NHS Information Centre for health and social care Medical and Dental Workforce Census and The NHS Information Centre for health and social care Non-Medical Workforce Census.