Cancer: Consultants: 5 Nov 2009: Written answers and statements (TheyWorkForYou.com)

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Written answers and statements, 5 November 2009

Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland, Labour)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS oncologists were employed in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each year since 1997.

Ann Keen (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Health; Brentford & Isleworth, Labour)

Medical and clinical oncology staff numbers within England and the North East Strategic Health Authority (SHA) from 1997-2008 are shown in the following table.

Data for the two primary care trusts (PCTs) and one NHS trust, which make up the Middlesbrough, South and East Cleveland constituency are also shown as far back as numbers are available.

Data are not collected by general geographical area, only by administrative entities (PCTs/trusts/special health authorities) and SHA area, therefore it is not possible to give numbers for Tees Valley.

National health service hospital and community health services (HCHS): Medical staff within the clinical and medical oncology specialties as at 30 September each year
Headcount
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
England
All staff	918	1,003	1,073	1,115	1,211	1,289	1,399	1,524	1,572	1,653	1,669	1,776
of which:
Consultants	376	401	415	440	480	500	549	593	653	715	731	768

North East SHA
All staff	49	47	52	55	58	64	66	66	72	70	73	73
of which:
Consultants	23	22	24	27	32	31	32	32	41	42	36	40

Middlesbrough PCT^{( 1)}
All staff	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
of which:
Consultants	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Redcar and Cleveland PCT^{( 1)}
All staff	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
of which:
Consultants	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust^{( 2)}
All staff	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	10	15	14	18	17	15	15
of which:
Consultants	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	6	8	8	12	12	8	11
n/a = Not applicable ⁽¹⁾ These PCTs were created in 2002. ⁽²⁾ This organisation was created in 2002. It was created from two organisations, one of which merged only in part; due to this part merger equivalent data for years prior to 2002 are not available. ⁽³⁾ Not available. Source: The Information Centre for health and social care Medical and Dental Workforce Census

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