Health written question – answered at on 19 December 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the Leader of the House's statement of 17 November 2005, Official Report, column 1118, on health services, (a) what the cost is of the 168 more NHS consultants and (b) what proportion of the staff to which she refers work part-time.
Information as to the annual cost of the additional national health service consultants is not held centrally. However, the information in the table shows the number of Hospital and Community Health Services consultants for each year since 1997 in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Strategic Health Authority.
1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | |
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All consultants | 477 | 499 | 511 | 524 | 575 | 593 |
of which: | ||||||
Full-time | 422 | 436 | 444 | 460 | 498 | 500 |
Part-time | 55 | 63 | 67 | 64 | 77 | 93 |
Increase | |||||
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2003 | 2004 | June 2005 | 1997–2004 | 1997– June 2005 | |
All consultants | 601 | 645 | 678 | 168 | 201 |
of which: | |||||
Full-time | 506 | 548 | 577 | 126 | 155 |
Part-time | 95 | 97 | 101 | 42 | 46 |
Note:
Data as at
Source:
NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre Medical and Dental Workforce Census
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