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FOI 2023 127 - Number of Doctors

 

Information Requested:

I kindly request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act: 
1.    What is the total number of doctors working within the Welsh NHS?
a) Kindly provide a year-by-year breakdown of the data starting from 2018 up to the present.
b) Please provide the type of doctor: GP, Consultant, Junior Doctor etc.
2.    How many doctors have left the Welsh NHS to move abroad?
a) Kindly provide a year-by-year breakdown of the data starting from 2018 up to the present.
b) Breakdown into type of of doctor (consultant, junior, GP)
c) If possible specify which country they moved to
3.    What is the total number of nurses working within the Welsh NHS?
a) Kindly provide a year-by-year breakdown of the data starting from 2018 up to the present.
4.    How many nurses have left the Welsh NHS to move abroad?
a) Kindly provide a year-by-year breakdown of the data starting from 2018 up to the present.
b) If possible specify which country they moved to

 

Information provided for the answer:

Thank you for your recent request dated 24th August 2023.

Public Health Wales does not hold this information.

 

Public Health Wales is the public health service for Wales and as such is an independent NHS Trust. Therefore, do not have access to this information. As an organisation we have no jurisdiction over the activities of Health Boards and frequently do not have access to the data that they produce.

 

I have provided contact details for each Health Board below, you would need to contact them individually for this information.

 

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/866/page/39187

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/861/page/39134

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

http://www.cardiffandvaleuhb.wales.nhs.uk/freedom-of-information-new

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

https://cwmtafmorgannwg.wales/foi/

Swansea Bay University Health Board

https://sbuhb.nhs.wales/about-us1/foia/

Hywel Dda University Health Board

http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/862/page/52085

Powys Teaching Health Board

http://www.powysthb.wales.nhs.uk/freedom-of-information

I am very sorry we cannot help you on this occasion.

 


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If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint or review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the Trust. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner for Wales
2nd Floor
Churchill House
Churchill Way
Cardiff
CF10 2HH

Telephone: 029 2067 8400
Email: wales@ico.org.uk