HC Deb 12 November 2001 vol 374 cc548-9W
Sandra Gidley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many new GPs were recruited in 1999–2000 and 2000–01. [9092]

Mr. Hutton

The latest data available are for September 2000. Data for September 2001 will be available at the end of January 2002. The information is shown in the table. The number of general practitioners registrars (GPs in training) increased from 1,520 in September 1999 to 1,659 in September 2000, an increase of 9.1 per cent.

Unrestricted Principals and Equivalents (UPEs)1 analysis of workforce and flows, 1999–2000
England Numbers
1999–2000
UPEs 27,5912 27,7042
joiners 1,203
of which:
new joiners 958
re-joiners 245
leavers 1,090
Change in UPEs 113
1UPEs includes GMS unrestricted principals, PMS contracted GPs and PMS salaried GPs
2Number of UPEs are numbers at 1 October 1999 and 30 September 2000

Other rows relate to changes between successive October/September censuses

Source:

Department of Health General Medical and Personal Medical Services Statistics