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
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| | Headcount
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| | 1997
| 1998 | 1999
| 2000 | 2001
| 2002 | 2003
| 2004 | 2005
| 2006 | 2007
| 2008 |
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| 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
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| of which
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| 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
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| 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
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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
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| of which |
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| 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
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| 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
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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
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| of which
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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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
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| of which
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| 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
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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
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| Source: |
| The NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care (Non-Medical Workforce Census)
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Footnotes:
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| 1. All doctors (excluding GP Retainers) also excludes hospital practitioners and clinical assistants, most of whom are GPs working part time in hospitals.
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| 2. GP data as at 1 October 1997 to 1999, and 30 September 2000 to 2008.
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| 3. Nursing and midwifery figures exclude students on training courses leading to a first qualification as a nurse or midwife.
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| 4. Headcount practice nurse figures are estimated for 1998 and 1999 based on the 1997 full time equivalent to headcount ratio.
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| 5. Administrative and clerical staff figures are made up of those counted with support to clinical staff and NHS infrastructure support.
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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.
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Table 70b
NHS STAFF IN EACH SPECIFIED GROUP IN ENGLAND AS AT 30
SEPTEMBER EACH SPECIFIED YEAR
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| Full time equivalent
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| | 1997
| 1998 | 1999
| 2000 | 2001
| 2002 | 2003
| 2004 | 2005
| 2006 | 2007
| 2008 |
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| 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
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| of which
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| 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
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| 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
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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
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| of which |
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| 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
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| 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
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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
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| of which
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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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
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| of which
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| 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
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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
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| Source: |
| The NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care (Non-Medical Workforce Census)
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Footnotes:
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| 1. All doctors (excluding GP Retainers) also excludes hospital practitioners and clinical assistants, most of whom are GPs working part time in hospitals.
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| 2. GP data as at 1 October 1997 to1999, and 30 September 2000 to 2008.
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| 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.
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| 4. Nursing and midwifery figures exclude students on training courses leading to a first qualification as a nurse or midwife.
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| 5. Administrative and clerical staff figures are made up of those counted with support to clinical staff and NHS infrastructure support.
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| 6. Full time equivalent figures are rounded to the nearest whole number.
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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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