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NHS: Manpower

Volume 497: debated on Wednesday 14 October 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) NHS doctors, (b) NHS nurses, (c) NHS dentists and (d) GPs have been employed in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the North East and (iv) the UK in each year since 2007. (292075)

The number of national health service doctors, nurses, general practitioners (GPs) and dentists is given in the following table. The numbers quoted cover England only. Copies of the “NHS Dental Statistics for England: 2008-09” Report and Annex have been placed in the Library.

NHS staff in England, the North East Strategic Health Authority area and each specified organisation and by each specified staff group as at 30 September each specified year

Headcount

2007

2008

All GPs1

Hospital and community health care staff (HCHS) doctors and dentists2

Qualified nursing staff3

Number of dentists 2007-08

All GPs1

(HCHS) doctors and dentists2

Qualified nursing staff3

Number of dentists 2008-09

England

36,420

91,790

399,597

20,815

37,720

95,942

408,160

21,343

Of which

North East Strategic Health Authority area

1,974

5,145

23,419

1,049

2,009

5,367

24,036

1,108

Of which

Gateshead Health NHS Trust

288

1,048

309

1,095

South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust

163

550

173

540

South Tyneside Primary Care Trust

107

9

307

94

109

8

297

104

Notes:

1 All GPs include GP providers, other GPs, GP registrars and GP retainers.

2 Excludes hospital practitioners and clinical assistants in headcount, most of these also work as a GP.

3 Includes all HCHS qualified nursing and midwifery staff and GP practice nurses.

Source:

The NHS Information Centre Non-Medical Workforce Census. All rights reserved. This work remains the sole and exclusive property of The Information Centre and may only be reproduced where there is explicit reference to the ownership of The Information Centre.