Junior Doctors: Greater London
(asked on 9th October 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many junior doctors worked in the NHS in London in each year since 2006.
The number of full time equivalent NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) doctors in training and equivalents1 in London, as at 30 September each year between 2006 and 2014 and at 30 June 20152 is shown in the following table.
2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
10,360 | 10,443 | 10,916 | 11,645 | 11,971 | 12,083 | 12,187 | 12,455 | 12,584 | 12,288 |
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre Medical and Dental Workforce Census.
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Provisional NHS HCHS Monthly Workforce Statistics.
Notes:
1 Doctors in training and equivalents refers to the Registrar group, Senior House Officer, Foundation Year 2, House Officer & Foundation Programme Year 1, other doctors in training and other staff at these grades that do not hold an educationally approved training post.
2 June 2015 data is the latest data available. This is sourced from the NHS HCHS Monthly Workforce Statistics.