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Dept of Health

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Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) headcount and (b) whole-time equivalent medical staff there were in the NHS in England working within the paediatrics group of specialties in each year since 1992, broken down by region; and how many there were per head of population. [199922] Mr. Hutton: The standard ratio used by the Department is per 100,000 population. The information requested is shown in the tables. Hospital Public Health Medicine and Community Health Services (HCHS): Medical staff within the paediatrics group by Government office region and per 100,000 population: England as at 30 September _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number (headcount) 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 England 2,819 3,106 3,350 3,892 4,011 4,344 of which: East Midlands 139 165 248 294 325 333 East of England 163 206 237 293 324 350 London 393 504 713 848 852 937 North East 116 149 191 221 251 272 North West 337 380 442 515 589 610 South East 283 355 421 510 601 655 South West 203 223 266 327 330 354 West Midlands 175 220 291 339 367 417 Yorkshire and the Humber 218 267 316 353 369 413 Other 792 637 225 192 3 3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number (headcount) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 England 4,542 4,750 5,027 5,127 5,608 5,960 of which: East Midlands 347 355 368 378 402 425 East of England 381 382 403 431 482 498 London 989 1,108 1,204 1,227 1,354 1,407 North East 272 294 324 343 337 355 North West 656 670 736 695 731 801 South East 694 698 730 734 796 827 South West 387 391 407 410 479 485 West Midlands 404 434 433 443 496 554 Yorkshire and the Humber 412 418 422 466 531 608 Other -- -- -- -- -- -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number per 100,000 population _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 England 5.9 6.5 6.9 8.0 8.3 8.9 of which: East Midlands 3.4 4.1 6.1 7.2 7.9 8.1 East of England 3.2 4.0 4.6 5.6 6.2 6.6 London 5.8 7.4 10.4 12.3 12.2 13.4 North East 4.5 5.7 7.4 8.6 9.7 10.6 North West 4.9 5.6 6.5 7.5 8.6 9.0 South East 3.7 4.6 5.5 6.6 7.7 8.3 South West 4.3 4.7 5.6 6.8 6.9 7.3 West Midlands 3.3 4.2 5.5 6.4 7.0 7.9 Yorkshire and the Humber 4.4 5.4 6.4 7.1 7.4 8.3 Other n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number per 100,000 population _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 England 9.3 9.7 10.2 10.4 11.3 12.0 of which: East Midlands 8.4 8.5 8.8 9.0 9.5 10.0 East of England 7.2 7.2 7.5 8.0 8.9 9.1 London 14.0 15.5 16.6 16.8 18.4 19.0 North East 10.6 11.5 12.7 13.5 13.3 14.0 North West 9.7 9.9 10.9 10.3 10.8 11.8 South East 8.8 8.8 9.1 9.1 9.9 10.2 South West 8.0 8.0 8.3 8.3 9.6 9.7 West Midlands 7.7 8.2 8.2 8.4 9.4 10.4 Yorkshire and the Humber 8.3 8.4 8.5 9.4 10.6 12.1 Other n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Whole-time equivalents _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 England 2,559 2,833 3,070 3,551 3,680 4,018 of which: East Midlands 124 149 227 265 296 302 East of England 151 191 219 268 299 327 London 360 462 652 789 790 871 North East 108 140 178 206 235 258 North West 311 351 409 469 539 568 South East 243 314 379 444 526 588 South West 179 202 242 302 308 323 West Midlands 154 203 273 317 347 394 Yorkshire and the Humber 203 249 296 322 337 384 Other 727 572 194 169 3 3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Whole-time equivalents ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 England 4,196 4,365 4,590 4,645 5,155 5,516 of which: East Midlands 310 324 335 334 368 389 East of England 353 351 374 397 448 463 London 923 1,015 1,074 1,105 1,235 1,309 North East 259 258 304 321 314 330 North West 609 624 679 646 677 741 South East 625 641 648 639 718 753 South West 355 356 372 370 441 440 West Midlands 378 406 408 409 460 526 Yorkshire and the Humber 384 389 397 423 493 565 Other -- -- -- -- -- -- ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Whole-time equivalent numbers per 100,000 population ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 England 5.3 5.9 6.4 7.3 7.6 8.3 of which: East Midlands 3.1 3.7 5.6 6.5 7.2 7.3 East of England 2.9 3.7 4.2 5.2 5.7 6.2 London 5.3 6.8 9.5 11.4 11.3 12.4 North East 4.2 5.4 6.9 8.0 9.1 10.0 North West 4.5 5.1 6.0 6.9 7.9 8.4 South East 3.2 4.1 4.9 5.7 6.7 7.5 South West 3.8 4.3 5.1 6.3 6.4 6.7 West Midlands 2.9 3.9 5.2 6.0 6.6 7.5 Yorkshire and the Humber 4.1 5.0 6.0 6.5 6.8 7.7 Other n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Whole-time equivalent numbers per 100,000 population ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 England 8.6 8.9 9.3 9.4 10.4 11.1 of which: East Midlands 7.5 7.8 8.0 8.0 8.7 9.1 East of England 6.7 6.6 7.0 7.4 8.3 8.5 London 13.1 14.2 14.8 15.1 16.8 17.7 North East 10.1 10.1 11.9 12.6 12.4 13.0 North West 9.0 9.2 10.0 9.5 10.0 10.9 South East 7.9 8.1 8.1 8.0 8.9 9.3 South West 7.3 7.3 7.6 7.5 .9 8.8 West Midlands 7.2 7.7 7.7 7.7 8.7 9.9 Yorkshire and the Humber 7.8 7.8 8.0 8.5 9.9 11.3 Other n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: "--" denotes zero n/a = not applicable. This is due to `other' being made up of organisations which cannot be assigned to a government office region, therefore there are no applicable population data. Source: Department of Health medical and dental workforce census

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

199922; 428 c242-6W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Economic regions NHS Staff Paediatrics

Contains statistics

Yes

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