§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) hospital doctors, (b) nurses and midwives, (c) general practitioners and (d) managers currently working in the NHS are from (i) European Union countries other than than the United Kingdom and (ii) non-EU countries. [34784]
§ Mr. Malone[holding answer 17 July 1995]: The available information is shown in the tables.
Hospital doctors and general practitioners (unrestricted principals) country of birth: as at 30 September 1993 and 1 April 1993 respectively1 Hospital doctors2 General practitioners EU countries other than UK 1,930 90 Non EU countries 14,500 5,750 Total 16,430 5,840 Note:
1 Latest available data on country of birth for General Practitioners.
2 Whole time equivalents. Wte data are not available for general practitioners.
All figures rounded to the nearest 10.