| answer text |
<p>Health Education England (HEE) is responsible for workforce planning and education
commissioning activity to ensure that the National Health Service in England has available
a future workforce in the right numbers, with the right skills, values and behaviours.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In December 2014, HEE published its second national Workforce
Plan for England for the period 2015/16 which is built upon the needs of local employers,
commissioners and other stakeholders. The priorities in the plan are the priorities
of the NHS, identified locally and nationally by employers, professional bodies and
other stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>National recruitment into gastroenterology
training posts in 2013 and 2014 achieved 100% fill-rate. There have been no reductions
in the planned commissions of gastroenterologists for 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent doctors and gastroenterologists,
excluding locums, working in hospital and community health services in England.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Full-Time Equivalent</p></td><td><p>May
2010</p></td><td><p>November 2014</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Change May 2010 to November
2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Doctors</p></td><td><p>95,421</p></td><td><p>105,001</p></td><td><p>9,580</p></td><td><p>10.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of
which, with specialty of:</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gastroenterology</p></td><td><p>1,788</p></td><td><p>2,309</p></td><td><p>521</p></td><td><p>29.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Health and Social Care Information
Centre, Monthly Workforce Statistics, Nov 2014</p><p> </p>
|
|
