Nurses and Doctors (Hansard, 26 February 2001)

§ Mr. Denham

The latest information available is in the table.

National Health Service nurses and doctors in England as at 30 September 2000
At 30 September 2000	Whole-time equivalents	Numbers/ headcount
All Nursing staff¹	358,860	462,050

Vacancies¹ for medical and dental staff, nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff and the professions allied to medicine, within National Health Service trusts for each health authority area, in England, as at 31 March each year
		Medical and Dental	Qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting	Professions allied to medicine
	Health authority	1999	2000	1999	2000	1999	2000
Total Vacancies¹		530	760	7,150	9,870	860	1,510
QA2	Hillingdon	³—	³—	³—	10	³—	⁴—
QA3	Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster	10	⁴—	220	250	20	30
QA4	Enfield and Haringey	10	⁴—	60	80	10	10
QA5	Redbridge and Waltham Forest	10	10	150	100	20	30
QA6	Bedfordshire	⁴—	⁴—	20	40	20	⁴—
QA7	Berkshire	³—	⁴—	100	140	10	30
QA8	Buckinghamshire	10	⁴—	120	140	10	10
QA9	Cambridge and Huntingdon²	³—	⁵—	⁴—	⁵—	³—	⁵—
QAA	Bexley and Greenwich	10	10	150	110	10	10
QAC	Bromley	10	10	100	120	10	⁴—
QAD	Croydon	10	⁴—	120	70	20	10
QAE	East Kent	10	20	110	300	10	20
QAF	West Kent	⁴—	⁴—	30	130	20	40
QAG	Kingston and Richmond	³—	10	³—	130	³—	20
QAH	Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham	⁴—	50	210	490	10	80
QAJ	Merton, Sutton and Windsworth	⁴—	³—	230	200	20	30
QAK	East Surrey	10	⁴—	120	10	10	³—
QAL	West Surrey	⁴—	⁴—	260	200	10	30
QAM	East Sussex, Brighton and Hove	10	⁴—	140	60	10	⁴—
QAN	West Sussex	⁴—	⁴—	100	250	10	30
QAP	Barking and Havering	10	20	50	100	10	30
QAQ	Barnet	³—	⁴—	60	70	50	10
QAR	Brent and Harrow	10	⁴—	130	110	10	30
QAT	Camden and Islington	⁴—	20	370	590	10	40
QAV	Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow	⁴—	10	40	320	⁴—	40
QAW	East London and the City	20	20	480	380	40	30
QAX	North Essex	⁴—	10	170	240	30	50
QAY	South Essex	10	⁴—	80	30	⁴—	⁴—
QC1	South Lancashire	10	⁴—	⁴—	10	⁴—	⁴—
QC2	Liverpool	10	20	70	80	20	20

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National Health Service nurses and doctors in England as at 30 September 2000
At 30 September 2000	Whole-time equivalents	Numbers/ headcount
Of which:
Qualified nurses	266,990	335,950
All NHS doctors^2,3	90,640	97,440
¹ Hospital and community health service nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff including learners and general medical service practice nurses.
² Includes hospital medical and dental staff and general practitioners.
³ Whole-time equivalent general medical practitioners are estimated using the results from the 1992–93 GMP workload Survey.

Note:

Figures are rounded to the nearest ten.

Source:

Department of Health Medical and Dental Workforce Census.

Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census.

Department of Health General and Personal Medical Services Statistics.