HC Deb 12 March 2004 vol 418 c1824W
Mr. Cummings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) nursing staff who work in the (i) Sunderland Royal Hospital, (ii) Durham University Hospital and (iii)) Hartlepool University Hospital come from (A) the Commonwealth, (B) European accession states and (C) South East Asia; and if he will make a statement. [159318]

Miss Melanie Johnson

This information is not collected centrally. The country of origin for staff is not gathered centrally. However, information is available for medical and dental staff based on country of qualification and is shown in the table.

Trust Hospital, Public Health Medicine and Community Health Services (HCHS): medical and dental staff by Country of qualification within specified trusts
England at 30 September 2002 Numbers (headcount)
RLN

Sunderland

City

Hospitals

NHS Trust

 RR9 North

Durham

Health Care

NHS Trust

 RVW North

Tees and

Hartlepool

NHS Trust
All Countries of Qualification

of which

 380 233 317
United Kingdom 230 169 156
Rest of European Economic Area 21 8 18
Elsewhere 111 56 142
Unknown 18 0 1
Source:
Department of Health medical and dental workforce census.