Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people working in dental practices.
Answered by Lord Kamall
This information is not available in the format requested. However, in January 2022, there was a total of 113,795 dentists and dental care professionals in the United Kingdom registered with the General Dental Council.
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many dental practices there are in England.
Answered by Lord Kamall
As of June 2021, there were 10,894 dental practices in England registered with the Care Quality Commission.
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many new hospitals have been completed and brought into operation in England since 2010.
Answered by Lord Kamall
There have been 19 new hospitals brought into operation in England since 2010. This includes one hospital completed since Government’s commitment in October 2020 to deliver 48 hospitals by 2030 and 18 completed prior to that announcement.
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the manpower of the NHS Ambulance Service in England (1) in 2010, and (2) at present.
Answered by Lord Bethell
NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care or in general practitioner surgeries, local authorities or other providers.
The following table shows the full time equivalent (FTE) number of staff working in all ambulance trusts in England as at March 2021, the latest data available and at March 2010.
| FTE in all ambulance trusts in England |
March 2010 | 34,408 |
March 2021 | 47,932 |
Source: NHS Digital HCHS Monthly Workforce Statistics
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many NHS hospital beds there were in (1) 2010, (2) 2015, and (3) 2020.
Answered by Lord Bethell
Information is not available in the format requested as data is not collected on the total number of hospital beds by year.
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Accident and Emergency units there were in England in (1) 2010, and (2) 2018.
Answered by Lord Bethell
This information is not collected centrally.
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many hospital beds there were in England in (1) 2010, and (2) 2018.
Answered by Lord Bethell
Information is not available in the format requested as data is not collected on the total number of hospital beds by year.
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children have been recorded as having contracted COVID-19 in 2020 to date.
Answered by Lord Bethell
As of 7 August 2020 in England, 10,471 COVID-19 cases were recorded for children and young people aged 19 and under.
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many registered nurses there are in England.
Answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the independent regulator of nurses, midwives and nursing associates. The NMC’s last registration data report, published 30 September 2019, showed 518,980 registered nurses with a home address in England.
Asked by: Lord Jones (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many registered mental health nurses there are in England.
Answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the independent regulator of nurses, midwives and nursing associates. The NMC’s last registration data report, published 30 September 2019, showed 70,159 registered mental health nurses with a home address in England.
In addition, there were a further 29 dual qualified registered nurse/midwives, with an address in England, who also hold mental health nursing qualifications.