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Publication, Part of NHS Workforce Statistics: Medical and Dental Staff
NHS Workforce: Consultants and GPs as at 31 December 2004
Official statistics- Publication Date:
- 26 May 2005
- Geographic Coverage:
- England
- Geographical Granularity:
- Country, Strategic Health Authorities, Primary Care Organisations, Community health services, Hospital sites
- Date Range:
- 01 Jan 2004 to 31 Dec 2004
Summary
The number of consultants and GPs working in the NHS was collected as at 31st December 2004. The main count of NHS staff takes place annually in September and data for September 2004 were published on March 22nd 2005.
Highlights
The final quarter of 2004 saw further growth in the number of consultants and continued strong growth in GP numbers. The number of GP registrars fell in this period.
The number of consultants has increased by 213 between September and December 2004 (an increase of 0.7%).
At the end of December 2004, there were 31,798 General Medical Practitioners (excluding retainers and registrars). This represents an increase of 275 or 0.9% since September 2004.
There were also 2,386 GP Registrars, a decrease of 176 or 6.9% since September.
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