HL Deb 09 July 2001 vol 626 c63WA
Lord Shore of Stepney

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many of the extra 20,000 nurses and 10,000 doctors that they propose to attract to the National Health Service they estimate will be trained in the United Kingdom; and how many will be recruited from doctors and nurses trained and working abroad. [HL76]

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath;

Much of the growth in the workforce will be delivered from the increase in doctors and nurses in training. There are over 6,000 more nurse training places and 820 more doctors in the registrar group than there were in 1997. Recruitment and retention initiatives and international recruitment will also contribute to delivery of the workforce increase. Targets have not been set for the number to be recruited from doctors and nurses who trained or are working abroad.