The NHS employs more than 1.7m people. Of those, just under half are clinically qualified, including, 39,409 general practitioners (GPs), 410,615 nurses, 18,450 ambulance staff and 103,912 hospital and community health service (HCHS) medical and dental staff.
The NHS in England is the biggest part of the system by far, catering to a population of 52m and employing more than 1.4m people. The NHS in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland employ 155,312; 85,252 and 65,016 people respectively.
Correct as of: 24/10/2011
Please clarify your question! Did you mean how many people are employed by the NHS in Scotland ? If so then this is not the same as the number of people who actually work !!
The NHS is one of the largest employers in the world and currently employs just over 1.5 million people to cater to a population of over 50 million.
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on average, 12,000 per annum
Doctors will usually have it. In the UK NHS doctors will often take on private work in addition to their NHS contract which they will take out income protection on for when they can't work.
According the the National Health Service (NHS) website, there are approximately 3 million malnourished people in the UK at any given time. This includes anyone with poor nutrition, not just people who don't have enough food.
Health care when you need it can be provided by the National Health Service (NHS) but the NHS is becoming increasingly overstretched. Many people take out private medical cover.
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The amount varies 10 - around 60.hope this helps.
There are about 250,000 employees in the UK. It is the 2nd largest employer within the UK, NHS being the 1st.
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The National Health Service also known as the NHS is publicly funded through taxpayer's money. The NHS is the healthcare system in England.
What area ? Private or NHS ?
The NHS (National Health Service) is the UK's free medical and healthcare service. There are about 358 NHS hospitals in the UK.