Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors were employed by (a) Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and (b) Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014.

The information requested is shown in the following table.

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.

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These statistics relate to the contracted positions within English NHS organisations and may include those where the person assigned to the position is temporarily absent, for example on maternity leave.

Notes:

2010-2013 figures are from the medical and dental annual workforce census, as at 30 September each specified year

2014 figures are from the Provisional Monthly Workforce Statistics, as at 30 September 2014.

Full time equivalent figures are rounded to the nearest whole number.

¹ All figures exclude locum doctors

Monthly data

Provisional monthly NHS workforce data figures may be revised from month to month as issues are uncovered and resolved. The monthly workforce data does not include Primary care staff or Bank staff.

www.hscic.gov.uk/pubs/provisionalmonthlyhchsworkforce

Data quality

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