Question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the level of Defence Medical Services staffing against trained requirement, broken down by profession.
Answered on
27 January 2017
The ‘DMS 20’ initiative recommended a Defence Medical Services manpower liability to meet the 2020 Defence operational, force generation and force rehabilitation requirements.
The information below compares Regular manning by profession against the DMS 20 requirement for 2016.
Profession | 2016 DMS 20 Requirement | DMS manning (as at October 2016) |
Primary Healthcare (including General Duty Medical Officers) | 493 | 460 |
Medical Management Appointments | 14 | 28 |
Secondary Healthcare Consultants | 310 | 244 |
Nursing | 1,456 | 1,181 |
Healthcare Assistants | 199 | 179 |
Dental | 413 | 442 |
Medical Support Services/ Allied Health Professionals | 3,960 | 3,837 |
Total | 6,845 | 6,371 |