PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
NHS: Foreign Nationals (11 June 2015)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) doctors, (b) dentists, (c) nursing staff, (d) scientists, (e) personnel in professionals allied to medicine, (f) pharmacists, (g) personnel in other registrant professions and (h) total staff were recruited from overseas to work in the NHS in each year since 2005.

Asked by:
Rachael Maskell (Labour)

Answer

The Department does not collect this information. It is the responsibility of local National Health Service organisations to recruit the appropriate staff required to deliver services for the health needs of their local population.


Answered by:
Ben Gummer (Conservative)
18 June 2015

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