Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) nurses, (b) GPs, (c) midwives and (d) mental health specialists are working in (i) Medway and (ii) West Kent.
NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care or in GP surgeries, local authorities or other providers.
The following table shows the number of nurses and health visitors, midwives and mental health staff as at September 2019, the latest available data at Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, Kent Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Medway NHS Foundation Trust, NHS Medway CCG and NHS West Kent CCG, full time equivalent (FTE).
| Nurses and health visitors | Midwives | Mental health staff |
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust | 811 | 0 | 1,625 |
Kent Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | 1,084 | 0 | 68 |
Medway NHS Foundation Trust | 1,020 | 159 | 21 |
NHS Medway CCG | 5 | 0 | 0 |
NHS West Kent CCG | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Note:
CCGs are National Health Service bodies responsible for the planning and commissioning of health care services for their local area. They are made up of a governing body directly employed by the CCG and local general practitioner (GP) practice members within the area of the CCG.
The following table shows the number of doctors, nurses and other direct patient care staff employed in general practice as at September 2019 within the areas NHS Medway CCG and NHS West Kent CCG. These are in addition to those nurses employed directly by the CCG in the previous table. The figures presented include GP registrars and GP locums, FTE.
| All general practitioners | All nurses in general practice | All direct patient care staff in general practice |
NHS Medway CCG | 115 | 69 | 69 |
NHS West Kent CCG | 250 | 111 | 118 |
Note:
Figures shown here do not include general practice staff working in prisons, army bases, educational establishments, specialist care centres including drug rehabilitation centres, walk-in centres and other alternative settings. figures contain estimates, for practices that did not provide fully valid general medical practice GP, nurse or direct patient care staff records.