Neurology: Consultants
(asked on 17th October 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the number of neurology consultants.
National Health Service workforce statistics published by NHS Digital show that the full time equivalent number of consultant neurologists employed by the NHS in England has increased by 45% between September 2010 and June 2018 (latest published data):
| Neurology Consultants |
September 2010 | 536 |
September 2011 | 550 |
September 2012 | 584 |
September 2013 | 616 |
September 2014 | 647 |
September 2015 | 672 |
September 2016 | 732 |
September 2017 | 766 |
June 2018 | 776 |
Source: NHS Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS) monthly workforce statistics, NHS Digital
Responsibility for staffing levels, including the number of consultant posts, rests with individual NHS trusts and their boards who are best placed to decide how many staff they need to provide a given service.