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Written question asked by Lord Watts (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 November 2021, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 1 December 2021. It was answered by Lord Kamall (Conservative) on Wednesday, 29 December 2021 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Doctors

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Kamall on 16 November (HL Deb, cols. 158–160), how many doctors were employed by the NHS in (1) 2019, and (2) 2021.

Answer

In August 2019, there were 115,469 full time equivalent (FTE) Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS) doctors working in National Health Service trusts and clinical commissioning groups in England and 126,625 in August 2021. There were 34,433 FTE doctors in general practice in England as at 30 September 2019 and 36,275 in September 2021.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL4173
Session
2021-22
Related items
NHS England: Waiting Lists
Tuesday, 16 November 2021
Oral answers to questions
House of Lords
Subjects
Doctors
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk