Notes: 1. Manchester PCT was created on 1 October 2006 following a merger of Central Manchester PCT, North Manchester PCT and South Manchester PCT. Figures prior to 2006 are an aggregate of the previous organisations. Due to mergers in organisations it is not possible to accurately map data back any further than 2002. 2. The Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust achieved foundation trust status on 1 January 2009 and is now known as the Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 3. The South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust achieved foundation trust status on 31 October 2006. It is now known as the University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust. 4. Data excludes medical health and personal care assistants, most of which are GPs working part-time in hospitals. 5. Data Quality:

The NHS Information Centre for health and social care seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data but responsibility for data accuracy lies with the organisations providing the data. Methods are continually being updated to improve data quality where changes impact on figures already published. This is assessed but unless it is significant at national level figures are not changed. Impact at detailed or local level is footnoted in relevant analyses. Source: The NHS Information Centre for health and social care—General and Personal Medical Services Statistics. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care—Medical and Dental Workforce Census. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care—Non-Medical Workforce Census.