Public Expenditure on Health and Personal Social Services 2009 - Health Committee Contents


6.  WORKFORCE

6.1.1  How many (a) doctors (of all kinds), (b) consultants, (c) GPs, (d) qualified nursing and midwifery staff (in total), (e) midwives, (f) practice nurses, (g) total qualified scientific and therapeutic staff, (h) radiographers, (i) clinical psychologists, (j) NHS infrastructure support staff (in total), (k) clerical and administrative staff and (l) managers and senior managers have been employed by the NHS, in head count and full-time equivalent terms, in each year from 1997? (Q70)

Answer

  1.  The information requested is given in tables 70a and 70b.

Table 70a

NHS STAFF IN EACH SPECIFIED GROUP IN ENGLAND AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER EACH SPECIFIED YEAR


  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Headcount
  
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

All doctors (excluding retainers) (1)
89,619
91,837
93,981
96,319
99,169
103,350
108,993
117,036
122,345
125,612
127,645
133,155
    of which
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    GPs (excluding retainers) (2), (3)
29,389
29,697
29,987
30,252
30,685
31,182
32,593
34,085
35,302
35,369
35,855
37,213
    Consultants (including directors of public health)
21,474
22,324
23,321
24,401
25,782
27,070
28,750
30,650
31,993
32,874
33,674
34,910

Total qualified nursing staff (3)
318,856
323,457
329,637
335,952
350,381
367,520
386,359
397,515
404,161
398,335
399,597
408,160
    of which
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    GP practice nurses (2), (4)
18,389
18,894
19,495
19,200
19,846
20,983
21,667
22,144
22,904
23,797
22,860
22,048
    Registered midwife
22,385
22,841
22,799
22,572
23,075
23,249
23,941
24,844
24,808
24,469
25,093
25,664

Total qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical staff
96,298
99,656
102,391
105,910
110,241
116,598
122,066
128,883
134,534
134,498
136,976
142,558
    of which
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    Radiography staff
11,771
12,118
12,330
12,489
12,706
13,031
13,344
13,900
14,539
14,564
15,066
15,636
        Diagnostic radiography
10,364
10,645
10,839
11,036
11,163
11,489
11,687
12,147
12,700
12,535
12,934
13,423
        Therapeutic radiography
1,407
1,473
1,491
1,453
1,543
1,542
1,657
1,753
1,839
2,029
2,132
2,213
    Clinical psychology
4,038
4,408
4,572
5,032
5,514
6,092
6,757
7,051
7,122
6,820
7,197
7,523

NHS infrastructure support
170,623
168,448
171,205
173,733
179,783
189,274
199,808
211,489
220,387
209,387
207,778
219,064
    of which
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    Manager and senior manager
22,173
22,693
24,287
25,256
27,424
32,294
35,321
37,726
39,391
36,751
36,499
39,913

    Administrative and clerical staff (5)
160,479
162,521
167,451
174,347
184,229
195,009
209,952
223,131
233,174
224,302
222,578
243,397

Source:
The NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care (Non-Medical Workforce Census)
  
Footnotes:
1.  All doctors (excluding GP Retainers) also excludes hospital practitioners and clinical assistants, most of whom are GPs working part time in hospitals.
2.  GP data as at 1 October 1997 to 1999, and 30 September 2000 to 2008.
3.  Nursing and midwifery figures exclude students on training courses leading to a first qualification as a nurse or midwife.
4.  Headcount practice nurse figures are estimated for 1998 and 1999 based on the 1997 full time equivalent to headcount ratio.
5.  Administrative and clerical staff figures are made up of those counted with support to clinical staff and NHS infrastructure support.
6.  More accurate validation means that in 2006, some 9,858 duplicate records were identified and removed from the non-medical census. The impact of duplicates on full time equivalent has been
minimal with the removal of 507.


Table 70b

NHS STAFF IN EACH SPECIFIED GROUP IN ENGLAND AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER EACH SPECIFIED YEAR


  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Full time equivalent
  
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

All doctors (excluding retainers) (1)
84,758
86,594
88,371
90,248
92,495
96,999
102,037
109,224
114,251
119,096
120,878
125,316
    of which
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    GPs (excluding retainers) (2), (3)
27,660
27,848
28,033
28,154
28,439
28,740
29,777
30,762
31,683
33,121
33,345
33,730
    Consultants (including directors of public health)
19,661
20,432
21,410
22,186
23,064
24,756
26,341
28,141
29,613
30,619
31,430
32,679

Total qualified nursing staff (4)
256,093
257,597
261,340
266,987
277,334
291,285
304,892
315,440
321,537
322,062
322,182
329,372
    of which
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    GP practice nurses (2)
10,082
10,359
10,689
10,711
11,163
11,998
12,967
13,563
13,793
14,616
14,554
13,962
    Registered midwife
18,053
18,168
17,876
17,662
18,048
18,119
18,444
18,854
18,949
18,862
19,298
19,639

Total qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical staff
81,601
84,560
86,837
89,632
93,085
98,397
102,912
108,585
113,214
114,492
117,107
122,059
    of which
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    Radiography staff
9,901
10,193
10,368
10,478
10,655
10,863
11,111
11,560
12,155
12,367
12,915
13,498
        Diagnostic radiography
8,626
8,860
9,009
9,169
9,264
9,489
9,642
10,015
10,526
10,567
11,008
11,518
        Therapeutic radiography
1,275
1,333
1,358
1,309
1,391
1,374
1,469
1,545
1,629
1,800
1,907
1,980
    Clinical psychology
3,376
3,660
3,763
4,052
4,399
4,846
5,331
5,518
5,562
5,463
5,788
6,056

NHS infrastructure support
141,637
139,469
142,071
144,048
149,598
158,026
167,916
178,098
186,137
177,871
176,858
187,177
    of which
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    Manager and senior manager
21,434
21,854
23,378
24,253
26,285
30,914
33,810
36,007
37,549
35,041
34,955
37,937

    Administrative and clerical staff (5)
131,859
132,958
136,900
142,263
150,317
158,978
171,707
183,338
191,528
185,947
18888
200,583

Source:
The NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care (Non-Medical Workforce Census)
  
Footnotes:
1.  All doctors (excluding GP Retainers) also excludes hospital practitioners and clinical assistants, most of whom are GPs working part time in hospitals.
2.  GP data as at 1 October 1997 to1999, and 30 September 2000 to 2008.
3.  GP full time equivalent (fte) data has been estimated using the results from the 1992-93 GMP Workload Survey. For 1995 to 2003, full time = 1.00 fte; three-quarter time = 0.69 fte; job share = 0.65 fte; half time = 0.60 fte. For 2004, all part time = 0.6, and therefore may not be fully comparable with previous years.
4.  Nursing and midwifery figures exclude students on training courses leading to a first qualification as a nurse or midwife.
5.  Administrative and clerical staff figures are made up of those counted with support to clinical staff and NHS infrastructure support.
6.  Full time equivalent figures are rounded to the nearest whole number.
7.  More accurate validation means that in 2006, some 9,858 duplicate records were identified and removed from the non-medical census. The impact of duplicates on full time equivalent
has been minimal with the removal of 507.




 
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