General Practitioners and Nurses
(asked on 20th December 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) nurses, and (2) GPs, there are per head of population in England.
This question was answered on 3rd January 2023
This information is not held in the format requested. However, as of September 2022, there were 58.5 full time equivalent nurses per 10,000 head of population in England. This includes nurses in Hospital and Community Health Services and general practice settings. This excludes nurses working in social care, the voluntary sector or in the private sector. As of September 2022, there were 6.5 full time equivalent doctors working in general practice per 10,000 head of population in England.