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Dept of Health

Answer

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many doctors worked in Sefton health authority in (a) 1996-97 and (b) 2000-01; and what the forecast is for 2001-02. [158511] Mr. Denham: The number of all National Health Service doctors in the Sefton health authority as at 1 October 1996 and 30 September 2000 is shown in the table. The Department does not currently produce projections of total doctor numbers for individual health authorities. All NHS doctors in the Sefton health authority 1996 and 2000 Headcount _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1996 2000 All NHS doctors 660 820 Of whom: General Medical Practitioners{1}{, 2} 160 160 HCHS{3} medical and dental staff{4} 510 650 Of whom: Consultants 210 270 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} General Medical Practitioners includes UPEs, Restricted Principals, Assistants, GP Registrars, Salaried Doctors (para 525FA), and PMS others {2} Excluding GP Retainers {3} Hospital, Public Health Medicine and Community Health Service staff {4} Excludes Hospital Practitioners and Clinical Assistants who are normally GMPs and has already been counted Note: Figures rounded to the nearest 10 Sources: Department of Health General and Personal Medical Services Statistics as at 1 October 1996 and 30 September 2000 Department of Health medical and dental workforce census as at 30 September

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

158511; 367 c647-8W

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Doctors Health professions NHS Staff Sefton Sefton Health Authority

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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