Written question asked by Lord Lansley (Conservative) on Wednesday, 4 February 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 February 2009. It was answered by Phil Hope (Labour) on Monday, 23 February 2009 on behalf of the Department of Health.
Pharmacy: Manpower
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many consultant pharmacists worked in the NHS in each year since 2003.
- Answer
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Since ““A Vision for Pharmacy in the New NHS”” first identified this important role in 2003, there has been a steady increase in the number of approved consultant pharmacist posts in England. The number of consultant pharmacists in national health service hospital and community health services, as at 30 September is shown in the following table.
Number of consultant pharmacists 2003 6 2004 8 2005 9 2006 12 2007 14 Source: NHS Information Centre for health and social care non-medical workforce census. Informal sources relating to 2008 indicate that there may now be as many as 30 strategic health authority approved consultant pharmacist posts.
Secondary information
- Type
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- Reference
- 488 c250-1W; 255569
- Session
- 2008-09
- Related items
- Subjects
- Pharmacy Staff
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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