HC Deb 27 May 1957 vol 571 c4W
Miss Vickers

asked the Minister of Health how many hospital medical and dental staff, except general practitioners, there were in the National Health Service in 1949, and in the latest convenient year.

Mr. Vosper

The figures for England and Wales are:

December, 1949 14,500 (estimated)
December, 1955 approximately 17,900