Health written question – answered at on 6 April 2010.
Shailesh Vara
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses were employed in the NHS in each hospital in North West Cambridgeshire constituency (i) in 1997 and (ii) on the latest date for which figures are available.
Ann Keen
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Health Services), Department of Health
Information is not available in the format requested. The number of doctors and nurses employed in NHS hospitals in Cambridgeshire in 1997 and 2009 are shown in the following table.
| Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): doctors and nurses within specified organisations | ||
| Number (Headcount) | ||
| As at 30 September each year | ||
| 1997 | 2009 | |
| Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | ||
| HCHS Doctors | 614 | 1,263 |
| Nurses | 1,814 | 3,028 |
| Hinchingbrooke Healthcare NHS Trust | ||
| HCHS Doctors | 152 | 169 |
| Nurses | 673 | 601 |
| Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | ||
| HCHS Doctors | 285 | 416 |
| Nurses | 1,026 | 1,189 |
| Source: The NHS Information Centre for health and social care medical and dental workforce census and the NHS Information Centre for health and social care non-medical workforce census y challenge. | ||
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