Doctors

Mrs. Dean
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many doctors there are per head of population in (a) Staffordshire and (b) England. [113152]

Mr. Hutton
The number of doctors per head of population in Staffordshire and England is shown in table 1. ------------------------
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|England               |
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|Of which:             ||||||
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|North Staffordshire HA|
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|South Staffordshire HA|
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Note:

Ratio data rounded to three decimal places.

Source:

Department of Health General and Personal Medical Services Statistics, Department of Health Medical & Dental workforce census and ONS 2001 resident based population estimates.

The standard ratio used in the Department is per 100,000 of the population. This data is shown in table 2.
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|England               |
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|North Staffordshire HA|
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|South Staffordshire HA|
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Source:

Department of Health General and Personal Medical Services Statistics, Department of Health Medical & Dental workforce census and ONS 2001 resident based population estimates.