Practising physicians per 1,000 population

The number of practising doctors in the UK increased by 39 per cent between 1995 and 2005.

Practising physicians per 1000 population (27 kb) In 2000, the NHS Plan identified staff shortages as the biggest constraint facing the NHS and made a series of commitments to increase staff numbers.

This chart shows the number of practising physicians (or doctors) per 1,000 people. Between 1995 and 2005, the number of practising physicians in the UK increased by 39 per cent.

Although this was the steepest increase of any of the countries shown, figures for the UK remain below those of comparable countries, particularly France and Germany.

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