§ Mr. CummingsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) nursing staff who work in the (i) Sunderland Royal Hospital, (ii) Durham University Hospital and (iii)) Hartlepool University Hospital come from (A) the Commonwealth, (B) European accession states and (C) South East Asia; and if he will make a statement. [159318]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThis information is not collected centrally. The country of origin for staff is not gathered centrally. However, information is available for medical and dental staff based on country of qualification and is shown in the table.
Trust Hospital, Public Health Medicine and Community Health Services (HCHS): medical and dental staff by Country of qualification within specified trusts England at 30 September 2002 Numbers (headcount) RLN Sunderland
City
Hospitals
NHS Trust
RR9 North Durham
Health Care
NHS Trust
RVW North Tees and
Hartlepool
NHS Trust
All Countries of Qualification of which
380 233 317 United Kingdom 230 169 156 Rest of European Economic Area 21 8 18 Elsewhere 111 56 142 Unknown 18 0 1 Source: Department of Health medical and dental workforce census.