Written question asked by Tim Loughton (Conservative) on Thursday, 27 March 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 7 April 2003. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Monday, 7 April 2003 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have taken up jobs within the NHS as a direct result of the Join the Team, Make a Difference NHS recruitment campaign. - Inc figures.

Answer: Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have taken up jobs within the NHS as a direct result of the "Join the team, make a difference" NHS recruitment campaign. [106558] Mr. Hutton: The "Join the team and make a difference" national health service recruitment campaign is part of an overall recruitment, retention and return strategy aimed at increasing the size of the NHS workforce. This strategy has contributed to the increase in the NHS workforce of 70,336 between September 1999 and September 20011. 1 Source: Department of Health Workforce Censuses.

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