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       Key statistics on NHS staff?
       By: admini5 Date: May 11, 2015, 3:33 am
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       [li]In 2014 the NHS employed 150,273 doctors, 377,191 qualified
       nursing staff, 155,960 qualified scientific, therapeutic and
       technical staff and 37,078 managers. [/li]
       [li]There were 32,467 additional doctors employed in the NHS in
       2014 compared to 2004. The number has increased by an annual
       average of 2.5 per cent over that time.[/li]
       [li]There were 18,432 more NHS nurses in 2014 compared to ten
       years earlier. The number has increased by an annual average of
       0.5 per cent over that period.[/li]
       [li]There were 5,729 more GPs and 1,688 more practice nurses
       employed by GPs in 2014 than ten years earlier.[/li]
       [li]There were 12,432 more qualified allied health professionals
       in 2014 compared to 2004. However the number of qualified
       healthcare scientists has declined for each of the past five
       years, with the number in 2014 874 below that of 2004.[/li]
       [li]50.6 per cent of NHS employees are professionally qualified
       clinical staff. A further 26.0 per cent provide support to
       clinical staff in roles such as nursing assistant practitioners,
       nursing assistant/auxiliaries and healthcare assistants.[/li]
       [li]An NHS Partners Network survey shows that more than 69,000
       individuals are involved in providing front-line services to NHS
       patients among their membership. Approximately two-thirds are
       clinicians.[/li]
       [li]Since 2004 the number of professionally qualified clinical
       staff within the NHS has risen by 12.7 per cent. This rise
       includes an increase in doctors of 27.6 per cent; a rise in the
       number of nurses of 5.1 per cent; and 8.1 per cent more
       qualified ambulance staff.[/li]
       [li]Medical school intake rose from 3,749 in 1997/98 to 6,262 in
       2012/13 - a rise of 67.0 per cent.  [/li]
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