NHS Staff (Hansard, 10 January 2002)

§ Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Secretary for Health what proportion of national health service personnel was represented by(a)nurses, (b)doctors,

All NHS staff, including all doctors and nurses, as at 30 September each year
Headcount
	1997	1998	1999	2000
Total NHS Staff¹	1,058,690	1,071,560	1,098,350	1,118,960
Percentage	100	100	100	100
of which
Total NHS doctors	89,620	91,840	93,980	96,320
Percentage	8.5	8.6	8.6	8.6
GMPs (excluding GP Retainers)^2,3	29,390	29,700	29,990	30,250
Percentage	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7
All HCHS medical and dental staff⁴	60,230	62,140	63,990	66,070
Percentage	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.9
of which
Total NHS Nurses⁵	550,900	556,480	565,620	574,850
Percentage	52.0	51.9	51.5	51.4
of which
Qualified Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting Staff (including Practice Nurses)	318,860	323,460	329,640	335,950
Percentage of which	30.1	30.2	30.0	30.0
of which
Midwives	22,380	22,840	22,800	22,570
Percentage	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0
Unqualified Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting staff⁶	231,380	232,420	234,700	238,960
Percentage	21.9	21.7	21.4	21.3
Qualified Allied Health Professionals	45,020	46,450	47,920	49,360
Percentage	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4
Others⁷	373,140	376,790	390,820	398,430
Percentage	35.2	35.2	35.6	35.6
¹ This figure includes GP Retainers.
² GP Retainers were collected for the first time in the 1999 census, for comparability these have been excluded from GMPs.
³ The 1999 figure excludes 972 GP Retainers and the 2000 figure excludes 1,117 GP Retainers.
⁴ Excludes Medical Hospital Practitioners and medical Clinical Assistants, most of whom are also GPs working part-time in hospitals.
⁵Total includes unclassified staff.
⁶ Unqualified nursing staff includes Health Care Assistants and Support staff.
⁷ Others includes administration and estates staff, ambulance staff, Health Care Assistants, Support staff, nursing, midwifery and health visiting learners, other scientific, therapeutic and technical staff, others, other practice staff and GP Retainers from 1999.

Notes:

Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

Due to rounding totals may not equal sum of component parts.

Figures exclude agency staff.

Source:

Department of Health medical and dental workforce census

Department of Health General and Personal Medical Services Statistics

Department of Health Non-medical workforce census

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(c) midwives, (d) other professions allied to medicine and (e) other employees, in the financial years (i) 1997–98,(ii) 1998–99, (iii) 1999–2000 and(iv)2000–01 [23662]