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Written question asked by John Baron (Conservative) on Monday, 7 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 10 November 2005. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Monday, 21 November 2005 on behalf of the Department of Health.

NHS Staff (Overseas Recruitment)

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) nurses and midwives and (b) doctors have been recruited through bilateral agreements or memoranda of understanding with (i) India, (ii) Indonesia, (iii) the Philippines, (iv) South Africa, and (v) Spain in each year that such agreements and memoranda have been in operation.
Answer

[holding answer 10 November 2005]: We have bilateral agreements or memoranda of understanding with India, Indonesia, Philippines, South Africa and Spain. The numbers of doctors and nurses registering with the General Medical Council (GMC) and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) in each year that such agreements and memoranda have been in operation are shown in tables 1 and 2.

Table 1: Doctors, including specialist registrars, general practitioners and junior doctors registered with the GMC
Year of registration
Country 2001 2002 2003 2004
India n/a 1,892 2,985 3,643
Indonesia n/a 0 0 1
Philippines n/a 8 17 16
South Africa n/a n/a 3,204 4
Spain 88 115 121 107
Table 2: Nurses registered with the NMC
Year of registration
Country 2001 2002 2003 2004
India n/a 1,352 2,655 3,709
Indonesia n/a 0 5 1
Philippines n/a 4,361 4,747 2,898
South Africa n/a n/a 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 or even if the individual secured employment in the United Kingdom.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
439 c1723-4W;439 c1725-6W; 26858
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Doctors India NHS Recruitment Nurses Migrant workers South Africa Indonesia Spain Philippines
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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