Health written question – answered at on 18 November 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many psychiatrists were employed by the National Health Service in each year since 1997.
The number of psychiatrists employed in the national health service in each year since 1997 is detailed in the following table.
Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): medical staff within the psychiatry group by specialty—England | |||||||||||
Number (headcount) | |||||||||||
1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
Psychiatry group | 6,623 | 6,900 | 7,206 | 7,419 | 7,498 | 7,713 | 8,066 | 8,938 | 9,325 | 9,629 | 9,554 |
Child and adolescent psychiatry | 748 | 767 | 795 | 826 | 823 | 805 | 860 | 956 | 1,039 | 1,060 | 1,084 |
Forensic psychiatry | 275 | 333 | 314 | 347 | 411 | 380 | 425 | 456 | 493 | 519 | 559 |
General Psychiatry | 4,215 | 4,364 | 4,581 | 4,736 | 4,717 | 4,909 | 5,076 | 5,585 | 5,866 | 6,090 | 5,976 |
Learning disabilities | 500 | 508 | 535 | 501 | 485 | 524 | 520 | 520 | 492 | 531 | 518 |
Old age psychiatry | 708 | 759 | 825 | 860 | 912 | 941 | 1,028 | 1,251 | 1,264 | 1,271 | 1,267 |
Psychotherapy | 177 | 169 | 156 | 149 | 150 | 154 | 157 | 170 | 171 | 158 | 150 |
Note: Data as at 1 October 1997-99 and 30 September 2000-07 Source: The Information Centre for health and social care Medical and Dental Workforce Census Data quality: Workforce statistics are compiled from data sent by more than 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) in England. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data. Processing methods and procedures are continually being updated to improve data quality. Where this happens any impact on figures already published will be assessed but unless this is significant at national level they will not be changed. Where there is impact only at detailed or local level this will be footnoted in relevant analyses. |
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