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Written question asked by John Baron (Conservative) on Tuesday, 19 July 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 10 October 2005. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Thursday, 20 October 2005 on behalf of the Department of Health.

International Recruitments

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) nurses and midwives and (b) doctors were internationally recruited through bilateral agreements or memoranda of understanding in each year for which figures are available, broken down by country.
Answer

[holding answer 10 October 2005]: We have bilateral agreements or Memoranda of Understanding with India, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Africa and Spain.The numbers of doctors and nurses registering with the General Medical Council and the Nursing and Midwifery Council respectively since 2001 are shown in the following tables.

Doctors—including specialist registrars,general practitioners and junior doctors
Year of registration
Country 2001 2002 2003 2004
India 1,326 1,892 2,985 3,643
Indonesia 1 0 0 1
Philippines 9 8 17 16
South Africa 547 892 3204 4
Spain 88 115 121 107
Nurses
Year of registration
Country 2001 2002 2003 2004
India 218 1,352 2,655 3,709
Indonesia 0 0 5 1
Philippines 1,692 4,361 4,747 2,898
South Africa 772 1,065 1,878 1,202
Spain 374 197 308 220
Note: These tables relate to registration and therefore do not identify where the individual was employed—national health service or independent sector—or even if the individual secured employment in the United Kingdom.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
14181; 437 c1176-7W;437 c1159W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
NHS Migrant workers