asked Her Majesty's Government:
What has been the cost of non-medical consultants to the National Health Service in each year since 1997. [HL282]
This information, collected since 2001-02 for the NHS in England, is shown in the table.
1998-99 (£) 1999-2000 (£) 2000-01 (£) 2001-02 (£) 2002-03 (£) 2003-04 (£) 2004-05 (£) Dental 21,642,531 25,211,460 23,621,857 27,368,585 32,656,449 31,760,839 33,536,000 Nurse - - - 14,310,887 14,660,935 24,822,813 25,303,000 England 21,642,531 25,211,460 23,621,857 41,679,472 47,317,384 56,583,652 58,839,000 Source: Annual financial returns from 1998-99 to 2004-05