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Written question asked by Royston Smith (Conservative) on Monday, 8 October 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 10 October 2018. It was answered by Caroline Dinenage (Conservative) on Tuesday, 16 October 2018 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Heart Diseases: Physiology

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of cardiac physiologists worked in the NHS in each of the last five years.

Answer

NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), but not staff working in primary care or in general practitioner surgeries, local authorities or other providers.

The following table shows the number of qualified staff in cardiac physiology in National Health Service trusts and CCGs in England as at 30 September 2014 - 2017 and latest data as at 30 June 2018, full time equivalent:

Cardiac Physiology

September 2014

September 2015

September 2016

September 2017

June 2018

752

927

1,046

1,096

1,115

Source: NHS HCHS monthly workforce statistics, NHS Digital

In 2013 as part of the Modernising Scientific Careers programme, the Occupation Codes for Healthcare Scientists were updated. Because of that change data on cardiac physiology is not available in 2013.

It is not possible to give the proportion of cardiac physiologists working in the NHS because accurate data on these workers outside of the NHS is not available.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
176439
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Heart diseases NHS Physiology
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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