§ Mr. RuffleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average number of doctors is per 100 beds in NHS hospitals in(a) West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust, (b) Norfolk and Norwich Health Care NHS Trust, (c) James Paget Healthcare NHS Trust, (d) Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust and (e) Addenbrooke's NHS Trust. [56404]
§ Yvette CooperThe information requested is given in the following table.
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Number of hospital medical staff within specified trusts (as at 30 September) 20001 Staff per100 beds2,3 West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust 200 29.4 Norfolk and Norwich Health Care NHS Trust 440 48.4 James Paget Healthcare NHS Trust 200 38.0 Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust 290 37.3 Addenbrooke's NHS Trust 720 57.0 1 Data are rounded to the nearest ten. 2 Staff per 100 beds were calculated using unrounded figures. 3 Staff per 100 beds were calculated using average total daily number of available beds which includes beds in the following wards, Acute, Geriatric, Mental Illness, Patients with Learning Disabilities, and Maternity. The returns are made on a financial year basis and the latest year for which data are available is 2000–01. Figures are taken from the annual Körner return KH03—"Bed availability and occupancy". Source:
Department of Health 2000 medical and dental workforce census