Data for medical and dental staff are an annual snapshot of the number of doctors and dentists within hospital and community health services (HCHS) of the NHS. It excludes General Practitioners, GP practice staff and high street dentists.

This report is one of three that make up the NHS Staff 1996 - 2006 publication. The other two reports are:

• Non-Medical staff 1996 - 2006
• General Practice staff 1996 - 2006

Medical and Dental staff, 30 September 2006 - Detailed Results

The detailed results contain further detailed data tables as at September 2006 for England by specialty, grade, and Strategic Health Authority area.

Each table can be downloaded using the following links:

• Table 1: Medical and dental staff by specialty group, specialty and grade
• Table 1.1: Medical and dental staff by specialty and grade (male staff only)
• Table 1.2: Medical and dental staff by specialty and grade (female staff only)
• Table 2: Medical and dental staff by specialty and grade within each SHA area
• Table 3: Medical and dental staff by grade within each SHA area
• Table 3.1: Medical and dental staff by grade within each individual organisation by SHA area
• Table 4: Medical staff by grade, gender and nature of contract
• Table 5: Medical staff by grade, gender and country of qualification
• Table 6: Medical and dental staff by grade and ethnic category
• Table 7: Dental staff by grade, gender and nature of contract
• Table 8: Medical and dental staff by grade and ageband