Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS child and adolescent psychiatrists have been employed in the East of England in each of the last five years for which data is available.
NHS Digital publishes workforce statistics and the following table shows the number of child and adolescent psychiatrists employed in the Health Education East of England region between September 2012 and September 2017 and latest data available.
National Health Service Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): Child and adolescent psychiatrists, as at 30 September for each specified year and latest data available, full time equivalents (FTE):
Year | Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists in Health Education East of England region (FTE) |
September 2012 | 83 |
September 2013 | 83 |
September 2014 | 84 |
September 2015 | 73 |
September 2016 | 62 |
September 2017 | 65 |
December 2017 | 69 |
Source: NHS Digital Monthly HCHS workforce statistics.
Notes:
FTE figures are given as this is the most accurate measure of service capacity.
FTE figures are rounded to the nearest whole number.