Junior Doctors: Taunton Mr. Jeremy Browne To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many junior doctors are registered in Taunton constituency. Ms Rosie Winterton The General Medical Council (GMC) keeps an up-to-date register of qualified doctors; all doctors must be registered with the GMC before they can work in the United Kingdom. Further information on the CMC can be found at: www.gmc-uk.org The number of doctors in training and equivalent grades employed by national health service organisations within Taunton constituency is shown in the table. Hospital and community health services (HCHS): medical and dental staff, showing doctors in training and equivalent grades for NHS organisations within Taunton constituency as at 30 September 2006. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Total|Yeovil DistrictHospital NHS Foundation Trust|Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |All staff |568 |185 |383 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Doctors in training and equivalents of which: |269 |75 |194 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Registrar group |76 |10 |66 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Senior house officer |133 |31 |102 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Foundation year two |19 |19 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |House officer |41 |15 |26 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Source:The Information Centre for health and social care medical and dental workforce census.| | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------