Written question asked by Simon Burns (Conservative) on Monday, 17 December 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 8 January 2002. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 January 2002 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the ratio of doctors to people in England. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the ratio of doctors to people in England. [24717] Mr. Hutton: The data requested are shown in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. England at 30 September 2000 Numbers Numbers per 100,000 population All NHS doctors 97,440 194.9 of which All GMPs (including GP Retainers){1} 31,370 62.7 All HCHS Staff{2} 66,070 132.1 of which Consultants 24,310 48.6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} General Medical Practitioners (including GP Retainers) includes Unrestricted Principals, PMS Salaried GPs, PMS Contracted GPs, Restricted Principals, Assistants, GP Registrars, Salaried Doctors (Para 52 SFA), and PMS Others. {2} Excludes Medical Hospital Practitioners and Medical Clinical Assistants, most of whom are also General Practitioners working part-time in hospitals. Notes: Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Unrounded figures were used in all calculations. These are NHS doctors only. These figures do not show private practice doctors or doctors that are registered but not working. Source: Department of Health medical and dental workforce census Department of Health General and Personal Medical Services Statistics.

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