NHS: Manpower Mr. Hepburn 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. Phil Hope 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |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| 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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Of which ||||||||| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North East Strategic Health Authority area |1,974|5,145|23,419|1,049|2,009|5,367|24,036|1,108| 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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |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. 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