HL Deb 02 July 2001 vol 626 cc31-2WA
Lord Shore of Stepney

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many doctors and nurses were employed in the National Health Service in the year 2000; and over what period of years the Government are planning to achieve their recruitment target of an extra 10,000 doctors and 20,000 nurses. [HL75]

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

There were 97,400 doctors and 335,950 nurses working in the National Health Service in England as at 30 September 2000.

The Government plan to increase the number of doctors by 10,000 and nurses by 20,000 by 2005.

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