§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many qualified radiographers (a) joined and (b) left the NHS in each of the last five years. [42288]
§ Mr. HuttonInformation regarding the number of radiographers joining and leaving the national health service is not collected centrally.
The number of qualified radiographers increased by 940 (eight per cent.) between 1997 and 2001 (11,770 in 1997 to 12,710 in 2001).
§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many qualified NHS radiographers per head of population there are in each health authority area. [42289]
§ Mr. HuttonThe information requested is shown in the table.
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NHS hospital and community health services (HCHS): qualified radiographers working in the scientific, therapeutic and technical area of work by health authority area in England as at 30 September 2001 whole-time equivalents Whole-time equivalents radiographers per 100,000 population headcount Headcount radiographers per headcount 100,000 population England 10,650 21 12,710 25 Northern and Yorkshire 1,510 24 1,820 29 Bradford 110 23 140 30 County Durham and Darlington 80 13 90 15 East Riding and Hull 110 19 130 23 Gateshead and South Tyneside 70 19 80 23 Leeds 330 45 390 53 North Cumbria 60 18 80 25 Newcastle and North Tyneside 170 36 190 41 Northumberland 50 16 60 19 Sunderland 50 18 60 21 Tees 170 31 200 37 Wakefield 60 20 80 24 North Yorkshire 140 18 170 22 Calderdale and Kirklees 110 19 140 23 Trent 1,010 19 1,200 23 Barnsley 40 16 40 18 North Derbyshire 40 11 60 15 Southern Derbyshire 110 20 140 24 Doncaster 50 19 60 21 Leicestershire 180 19 220 23 Lincolnshire 130 20 160 24 North Nottinghamshire 40 10 50 13 Nottingham 180 28 210 32 Rotherham 30 14 40 16 Sheffield 170 32 190 36 South Humber 30 10 30 11 West Midlands 1,020 19 1,260 24 Birmingham 310 25 350 29 Coventry 100 32 120 39 Dudley 50 17 70 23 Herefordshire 20 14 30 17 Sandwell 30 10 40 12 Shropshire 90 21 120 28 North Staffordshire 110 23 140 29 South Staffordshire 80 13 100 16 Walsall 40 14 40 17 Warwickshire 50 10 70 13 Wolverhampton 70 29 80 33 Worcestershire 80 14 100 19 North-west 1,670 25 2,020 31 South Lancashire 20 7 20 8 Liverpool 150 33 190 43 Manchester 280 65 320 74 Morecambe Bay 70 23 100 30 St. Helen's and Knowsley 60 19 80 23 Salford and Trafford 70 15 80 17 Sefton 120 42 150 52 Stockport 40 13 50 17 West Pennine 80 17 90 19 Bury and Rochdale 60 14 60 16 North Cheshire 70 22 110 35 South Cheshire 110 16 140 21 East Lancashire 100 20 120 23 North-west Lancashire 170 36 200 43 Wigan and Bolton 120 22 150 26 Wirral 150 47 170 52 Eastern 1,030 19 1,240 23 Bedfordshire 90 16 110 20 North Essex 140 16 170 18 South Essex 110 15 130 18 Suffolk 110 16 150 22 Cambridgeshire 210 43 250 51 Norfolk 190 18 230 22 Hertfordshire 170 16 200 19
NHS hospital and community health services (HCHS): qualified radiographers working in the scientific, therapeutic and technical area of work by health authority area in England as at 30 September 2001 whole-time equivalents Whole-time equivalents radiographers per 100,000 population headcount Headcount radiographers per 100,000 population London 1,750 24 1,920 26 Hillingdon 40 16 40 17 Kensington, Chelsea and Wesminster 210 51 230 55 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 40 9 40 9 Croydon 30 9 40 11 Kingston and Richmond 50 13 60 16 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 250 32 260 35 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 140 22 160 25 Barking and Havering 90 23 100 25 Brent and Harrow 90 19 100 21 Camden and Islington 280 73 300 78 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 140 20 150 22 East London and the City 180 28 180 29 Barnet, Enfield and Haringey 110 13 130 15 Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich 110 15 130 17 South-east 1,530 17 1,880 21 Berkshire 130 15 160 19 Buckinghamshire 100 14 130 18 East Kent 100 16 110 19 West Kent 180 18 220 22 East Surrey 40 9 50 11 West Surrey 160 25 200 31 East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 150 19 170 22 West Sussex 90 12 110 15 Northamptonshire 100 17 130 21 Oxfordshire 160 26 200 31 North and Mid Hampshire 60 11 80 14 Southampton and South West Hampshire 140 25 170 30 Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South-east Hampshire 120 18 160 23 South-west 1,130 23 1,370 27 Somerset 70 14 90 18 South and West Devon 150 24 180 30 Wiltshire 100 17 130 21 Avon 320 32 380 37 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 100 20 120 23 Dorset 170 25 210 29 North and East Devon 90 19 110 23 Gloucestershire 130 22 150 27 Notes:
1. Figures are combined totals for qualified therapeutic and diagnostic radiographers
2. Staff in post figures are round to the nearest 10
3. Radiographers per 100,000 population are rounded to the nearest whole number
4. Due to rounding totals may not equal the sum of component parts
5. The former Solihull HA population figure is included in the Birmingham HA total
6. Population figures are 1998 based population projections for England for 2001 by HA
Source:
Department of Heath Non-Medical Workforce Census.
Office for National Statistics