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 2012 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 2002 - 2012 publication, along with:
non-medical staff 2002 - 2012
general practice staff 2002 - 2012
For a general overview, see NHS Staff 2002 - 2012 overview