Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors were working in hospitals in the West Midlands in (a) the first quarter of 2010 and (b) the latest period for which figures are available.
Data is not available in the format requested.
The number of full time equivalent (FTE) doctors working in the Health Education West Midlands area in the first quarter of 2010 and the latest period for which figures are available is shown in the table below:
Number of FTE doctors | First quarter of 2010 | October 2015 | ||
| April 2010 | May 2010 | June 2010 |
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All Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS) doctors (Including locums) | 9,680 | 9,660 | 9,615 | 10,746 |
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All HCHS doctors (non locum) | 9,383 | 9,365 | 9,328 | 10,518 |
Consultants (including Directors of public health) | 3,529 | 3,539 | 3,546 | 4,251 |
Registrars | 3,240 | 3,215 | 3,177 | 3,614 |
Other doctors in training | 1,366 | 1,360 | 1,357 | 1,449 |
Hospital practitioners and clinical assistants | 77 | 78 | 74 | 30 |
Other medical and dental staff | 1,170 | 1,173 | 1,174 | 1,176 |
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All HCHS doctors (locum) | 297 | 296 | 287 | 228 |
Consultants (including Directors of public health) (locums) | 209 | 202 | 200 | 194 |
Registrars (locums) | 35 | 37 | 37 | 14 |
Other doctors in training (locums) | 19 | 20 | 20 | 2 |
Hospital practitioners and clinical assistants (locums) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Other medical and dental staff (locums) | 30 | 32 | 25 | 17 |
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Provisional National Health Service HCHS monthly workforce statistics
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