Written question asked by Brian Jenkins (Labour) on Monday, 16 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 18 January 2006. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Monday, 6 February 2006 on behalf of the Department of Health.

NHS Managers

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of NHS managers were clinicians in each of the last 10 years.

Answer

The table shows the percentage of national health service managers who also had a clinical qualification in each of the last 10 years.

Percentage of managers with a clinical qualification, England
	Percentage
1995	47.4
1996	47.8
1997	47.2
1998	47.1
1999	45.4
2000	45.8
2001	46.0
2002	42.5
2003	46.0
2004	50.2

Secondary information