§ Mr. SayeedTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many doctors there are per head of population working in the National Health Service and in private facilities. [159557]
§ Mr. DenhamThe information about the number of National Health Service doctors is provided in the table. Information about doctors working in private facilities is not collected centrally.
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All NHS doctors—with general practitioners retainers per head of population in England—at 30 September 2000 Number All NHS doctors1 97,440 Population2 49,992,925 NHS doctors per head of population 0.001948996 NHS doctors per 100,000 population 194.9
1 Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10 2 Population data are the 2000 projection, calculated using 1998 base projections Sources:
Department of Health 2000 medical and dental work force census
Department of Health general and personal medical services statistics