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Orthopaedics: Manpower

Answer

The orthopaedic surgery speciality falls under the Trauma and Orthopaedic category of the NHS Workforce Census. The following table gives the numbers for this category in the years requested.

NHS hospital and community health services (HCHS): medical staff within the trauma and orthopaedic specialty, as at 30 September each year
Numbers (headcount)
	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
England
All staff	3,411	3,540	3,611	3,801	4,028	4,346	4,691	4,884	5,163	5,178	5,207
Of which:
Consultants	1,067	1,142	1,199	1,267	1,331	1,437	1,530	1,608	1,710	1,760	1,762
Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust¹
All staff	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Of which:
Consultants	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust²
All Staff	40	42	39	40	44	50	53	61	63	61	64
Of which:
Consultants	12	12	13	15	15	16	21	23	22	22	24
n/a = Not applicable.
¹ Gloucestershire PCT was formed in 2006 from a complete merger of West Gloucestershire PCT, Cheltenham and Tewkesbury PCT and Cotswold and Vale PCT.
² Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was formed in 2002 from a complete merger of East Gloucestershire NHS Trust and Gloucestershire Royal NHS Trust. Figures have been aggregated to allow comparison.
Data quality:
Workforce statistics are compiled from data sent by more than 300 NHS trusts and PCTs in England. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data. Processing methods and procedures are continually being updated to improve data quality. Where this happens any impact on figures already published will be assessed but unless this is significant at national level they will not be changed. Where there is impact only at detailed or local level this will be footnoted in relevant analyses.
Source:
The NHS Information Centre for health and social care Medical and Dental Workforce Census

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

504 c1156W; 314163

Session

2009-10

Subjects

NHS Staff Orthopaedics

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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