HC Deb 04 July 2003 vol 408 cc536-7W
Mrs. Dean

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the proportion of NHS doctors who are from the black and ethnic minority community; and if he will list the percentage for(a) consultant and (b) non-consultant grades. [121313]

Mr. Hutton

The information requested is shown in the tables.

Hospital, Public Health Medicine and Community Health Services (HCHS): All medical and dental staff by Ethnic Category England at 30 September 2001
All Staff
All medical and dental staff 73,846
2001 Population Census Ethnic Group Categories
All Ethnic Groups 28,003
White 17,661
Black or Black British 918
Asian or Asian British 5,928
Mixed 478
Chinese 538
Any Other Ethnic Group 1,473
Not Stated 1,007
Earlier Ethnic Group Categories
All Ethnic Groups 45,843
White 31,015
Black 1,906
Asian 8,472
Any Other Ethnic Group 3,744
Not Stated 706

Note:

From 1 April 2001, newly appointed staff have been asked to classify themselves using the ethnic categories listed in the 2001 population census. Existing staff will be reclassified over time but data returns currently include a mixture of 2001 categories and older information based on 1991 population census categories.

Hospital, Public Health Medicine and Community Health Services (HCHS): All medical and dental staff by Ethnic Category
Percentage
Of which:
All staff Consultants All other medical and dental staff
All medical and dental staff 100 100 100
2001 Population census ethnic group categories
All Ethnic Groups 37.9 30.9 41.6
White 23.9 24.6 23.5
Black or Black British 1.2 0.6 1.6
Asian or Asian British 8.0 3.4 10.5
Mixed 0.6 0.3 0.8
Chinese 0.7 0.3 0.9
Any Other Ethnic Group 2.0 1.1 2.5
Not Stated 1.4 0.6 1.8
Earlier ethnic group categories
All Ethnic Groups 62.1 69.1 58.4
White 42.0 55.7 34.7
Black 2.6 1.9 3.0
Asian 11.5 6.5 14.1
Any Other Ethnic Group 5.1 4.4 5.4
Not Stated 1.0 0.6 1.2

Notes:

1. From 1 April 2001, newly appointed staff have been asked to classify themselves using the ethnic categories listed in the 2001 population census. Existing staff will be reclassified over time but data returns currently include a mixture of 2001 categories and older information based on 1991 population census categories.

2. General practitioner data, by ethnic category, is not collected by the Department.

Source:

Department of Health medical and dental workforce census

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