Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many hospital doctors were employed by the NHS in each year between 2007 and 2017; and what was the total number of (1) out-patients, and (2) inpatients, treated by those doctors in each of those years.

NHS Digital provides workforce statistics and the following tables show the number of Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) full time equivalent (FTE) doctors and qualified nurses and health visitors as at 30 September for each specified year.

National Health Service HCHS doctors in England, as at 30 September in each year, 2007 to 2017 FTE

Source: NHS Digital NHS monthly workforce statistics

NHS HCHS: Qualified nurses and health visitors in NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in England as at 30 September of each year, 2007 to 2017, FTE

Source: NHS Digital monthly workforce statistics

Due to the change in methodology figures for 2007 and 2008 are not directly comparable to figures from September 2009 onwards. Figures for 2007 and 2008 also include support organisations and central bodies.

The figures provided are for permanent staff employed in the NHS trusts and CCGs in England.

It is not possible to determine if treatment was provided by a doctor or a nurse as the information is not collected in the format requested.