§ 19. Mr. BurgonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the number of doctors working in the NHS(a) currently and (b) between 1992 and 1997. [127528]
§ Mr. DenhamThere are currently over 90,000 doctors working in the National Health Service; 4,000 more than there were in 1997. Money we made available from the first Comprehensive Spending Review will enable the NHS to take on up to 7,000 more doctors by March 2002.