NHS workforce: Consultants and GPs as at 31 December 2004
Publication date
May 26, 2005
Resources
- NHS workforce - HCHS Consultants and General Medical Practitioners, 1994 and 2002 to 2004; numbers are for headcount and full-time equivalent (0.12MB)
- HCHS Consultants (including Directors of Public Health) by specialty in England as at 31st December 2004; numbers are headcount (0.21MB)
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Key facts
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.
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.