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
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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
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- Reference
- 159988; 465 c1243-4W
- Session
- 2006-07
- Subjects
- Training Paramedical staff
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