Written question asked by Laurence Robertson (Conservative) on Tuesday, 10 July 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 12 July 2007. It was answered by Ben Bradshaw (Labour) on Wednesday, 18 July 2007 on behalf of the Department of Health.

NHS: Manpower

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are employed in the NHS in (a) England and (b) Gloucestershire; and what percentage of each are employed in (i) management, (ii) administrative, (iii) scientific, (iv) research and (v) front line medical roles.

Answer

This information is shown in the table. The annual national health service workforce census does not separately identify research staff.

NHS staff in England and Gloucestershire¹ by specified staff group, as at 30 September 2006
Headcount
				Of which:
		England	Percentage	Gloucestershire¹	Percentage
All NHS staff²		1,338,779	100	16,185	100

Frontline medical staff³		675,260	50.4	8,243	50.9
Of which:
	HCHS Doctors4	90,243	6.7	819	5.1
	GPs5	36,008	2.7	622	3.8
	Qualified Nurses (incl Practice Nurses)	398,335	29.8	4,447	27.5
	Qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical staff	134,498	10.0	1,616	10.0
	Qualified ambulance staff	16,176	1.2	739	4.6
Clerical and administrative staff		224,302	16.8	2,606	16.1
Managers and senior managers		36,751	2.7	530	3.3
¹ The figures for Gloucestershire are based on 2006 primary care trust and trust boundaries and consists of Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucestershire Partnership NHS Trust, Gloucestershire PCT, South Gloucestershire PCT and Great Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust.
² Total for all NHS staff will not equal the sum of the component parts as only specified staff groups are shown.
³ Front line medical staff has been defined as HCHS doctors, general medical practitioners, qualified nurses (including GP practice nurses), qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical staff and qualified ambulance staff. It does not include support to clinical staff such as nursing assistants, trainees and helpers.
4 Excludes medical hospital practitioners and medical clinical assistants, most of whom are GPs working part-time in hospitals.
5 General medical practitioners includes GP Providers, GP Others, GP Retainers and GP Registrars.
Sources:
The Information Centre non-medical, medical and dental and general and personal medical services censuses.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 149516; 463 c469-70W;463 c470W
Session: 2006-07
Subjects: NHS Staff
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

NHS: Manpower

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