§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the answer given to the hon. Member for Workington (Tony Cunningham) on 26 April,Official Report, column 520W, on recruitment and retention, how many NHS consultants there were in the NHS in each year since 1995. [59560]
§ Mr. HuttonThe information requested is shown in the table. There has been an increase of over 32 per cent in the number of consultants working in the National Health Service between 1995 and 2001.
Hospital, Public Health Medicine, and Community Health Service, (HCHS) medical and dental consultants England at 30 September Numbers 2001 25,690 2000 24,310 1999 23,220 1998 22,220 1997 21,370 1996 20,300 1995 19,420 Source
Department of Health medical and dental workforce census.