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Written question asked by Gordon Prentice (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 October 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 19 October 2007. It was answered by Ann Keen (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 October 2007 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Paramedical Staff: Training

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many paramedics are in training in each strategic health authority area in England; and what the numbers were in 2005.
Answer

Information on the numbers of paramedics in training is not held centrally. However the following table shows the number of qualified paramedics since 1997 has increased by 1,782 or 27 per cent.

England as at 30 September each year
headcount
Paramedics
1997 6,440
1998 6,526
1999 6,498
2000 6,790
2001 7,075
2002 7,147
2003 7,241
2004 7,536
2005 8,311
2006¹ 8,222
¹.More accurate validation in 2006 has resulted in 9,858 duplicate records being identified and removed from the non-medical census..
(These 9,858 duplicate records, broken down by main staff group, are: 3,370 qualified nurses; 1,818 qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical staff; 2,719 support to doctors and nurses; 1,562 NHS infrastructure support; and 389 in other areas.)
The impact of duplicates on FTE has been minimal with the removal of 507.
Source:
Non Med Census

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
159988; 465 c1243-4W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Training Paramedical staff
Link
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