Summary

A detailed view of the NHS Medical and dental workforce including consultants, registrars and other doctors in training.

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

The detailed results contain further data tables for September 2011 for England by age, gender, specialty and grade and selected data by Strategic Health Authority area and individual organisation.

This report is one of three that make up the NHS Staff 2001 - 2011 publication, along with:

• Non-Medical staff 2001 - 2011
• General Practice staff 2001 - 2011

For a general overview, see NHS Staff 2001 - 2011 Overview