Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors from EU countries work in hospitals in (a) Lancashire and (b) the North West.
This information is shown in the following table.
NHS Medical and Dental staff and those staff with an European Union nationality working in National Health Service trusts and clinical commissioning groups in the North West Health Education England (HEE) area and the Lancashire NHS Commissioning Board (NHSCB) area as at 31 March 2016, full time equivalent.
| North West HEE Region | Lancashire NHSCB area |
All staff | 14,529 | 2,162 |
of which | ||
EU nationals (non-United Kingdom) | 1,182 | 152 |
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre, NHS Hospital and Community Health Service workforce statistics.