§ Mr. Bidwellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give such figures as are available of recruitment of hospital staff from new Commonwealth countries for each year beginning with 1960 by job, profession or occupation, and giving the figures for National Health Service hospitals separately.
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§ Sir K. JosephThe information centrally available is based on numbers in post and not on numbers recruited each year and is limited to the following categories of staff and to the National Health Service: —
DOCTORS Number in post in National Health Service hospitals in Great Britain at 31th -September who were born in the new Commonwealth. 1960–64 Not available 1965 4,429 1966 5,074 1967 5,590 1968 6,376 1969 6,812 1970 6,951 1971 Not yet available
STUDENT NURSES, PUPIL NURSES AND PUPIL MIDWIVES Number in post in National Health Service hospitals in England and Wales at 31st December who were born in the new Commonwealth. 1960 Not available 1961 9,488 1962 11,306 1963 11,475 1964 12,275 1965 13,288 1966 14,389 1967 15,082 1968 14,047 1969 15,031 1970 16,019 1971 15,375 1972 Not yet available Not all of the above were overseas when they applied to join the National Health Service.