Numbers of endoscopists of different backgrounds employed in different sectors and the average mean number of lists performed per week (in brackets)
| England NHS acute (n=215) | England NHS non- acute (n=34) | Northern Ireland (n=11) | Scotland (n=43) | Wales (n=19) | England independent sector (n=162) | |
| Consultant gastroenterologist | 1507 (2.1) | 81 (1.1) | 44 (1.5) | 171 (2.1) | 71 (1.5) | 838 (0.9) |
| Consultant colorectal surgeon | 989 (1.0) | 48 (1.0) | 25 (1.1) | 133 (1.3) | 56 (1.0) | 661 (0.8) |
| Consultant upper gastrointestinal/ hepatobiliary surgeon | 475 (0.9) | 21 (0.9) | 7 (0.9) | 56 (1.0) | 25 (0.9) | 259 (0.6) |
| Other consultants, for example, radiology | 186 (1.3) | 2 (1.0) | 7 (1.7) | 22 (1.1) | 13 (1.5) | 136 (0.6) |
| Nurse endoscopist | 620 (2.5) | 30 (1.9) | 16 (2.3) | 76 (2.7) | 25 (1.6) | 25 (1.20) |
| Other non-medical endoscopist | 36 (1.6) | – | – | 5 (3.0) | 4 (0.25) | – |
| GP | 51 (1.2) | 30 (0.9) | 29 (1.5) | 22 (1.3) | 1 (1.2) | 10 (1.5) |
| Non-consultant grade medical endoscopist | 235 (1.7) | 7 (1.3) | 9 (1.2) | 23 (2.0) | 8 (1.0) | 8 (2.4) |
| Total | 4099 | 219 | 137 | 508 | 203 | 1937 |
GP, general practitioner; NHS, National Health Service.