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The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have, therefore, asked the Authority to respond.
Professor Sir Ian Diamond | National Statistician
The Lord Willis of Knaresborough
House of Lords
London
SW1A 0PW
01 March 2021
Dear Lord Willis,
As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Questions asking a) when data was first collected on care home deaths from COVID-19 in England (HL13542), b) when the weekly death toll of care home residents from COVID-19 in England was first published (HL13543), and c) how many care home residents in England died from COVID-19-related symptoms in each week from 1 September 2020 to-date (HL13546).
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for publishing statistics on deaths in England and Wales. Mortality statistics are compiled from information supplied when deaths are certified and registered as part of civil registration. The ONS produces a weekly report[1] on provisional deaths involving COVID-19, and from 19 January 2021 onwards it has included data on deaths involving COVID-19 in care home residents in England and Wales in 2020 and 20212. The term "care home resident" used in this publication refers to all deaths where either (a) the death occurred in a care home or (b) the death occurred elsewhere but the place of residence of the deceased was recorded as a care home. The figures should not be confused with "deaths in care homes" as reported elsewhere, which refers only to category (a).
As well as the ONS mortality data, the Care Quality Commission (CQC; the independent regulator of health and social care in England) provides numbers of deaths involving COVID-19 in care homes and care home residents in England. These data are based on the date the death was notified to the CQC and has been published by the ONS as part of the weekly bulletin3 since 28 April 2020. Data on whether the death was a result of suspected or confirmed COVID-19 has been collected by the CQC since 10 April 20204. Table 1 below shows the number of deaths involving COVID-19 in care home residents, by week of notification to the CQC, starting from week ending 4 September 2020.
Yours sincerely,
Professor Sir Ian Diamond
Table 1: Number of deaths involving COVID-19 in care homes residents, by week of notification, weeks ending 4 September 2020 to 19 February 2021, England[2][3][4]
Year | Week number | Week ending | Deaths involving COVID-19 |
2020 | 36 | 04/09/2020 | 21 |
2020 | 37 | 11/09/2020 | 39 |
2020 | 38 | 18/09/2020 | 49 |
2020 | 39 | 25/09/2020 | 58 |
2020 | 40 | 02/10/2020 | 83 |
2020 | 41 | 09/10/2020 | 105 |
2020 | 42 | 16/10/2020 | 142 |
2020 | 43 | 23/10/2020 | 217 |
2020 | 44 | 30/10/2020 | 293 |
2020 | 45 | 06/11/2020 | 456 |
2020 | 46 | 13/11/2020 | 533 |
2020 | 47 | 20/11/2020 | 622 |
2020 | 48 | 27/11/2020 | 706 |
2020 | 49 | 04/12/2020 | 645 |
2020 | 50 | 11/12/2020 | 692 |
2020 | 51 | 18/12/2020 | 731 |
2020 | 52 | 25/12/2020 | 746 |
2020 | 53 | 01/01/2021 | 934 |
2021 | 1 | 08/01/2021 | 1,245 |
2021 | 2 | 15/01/2021 | 1,750 |
2021 | 3 | 22/01/2021 | 2,365 |
2021 | 4 | 29/01/2021 | 2,387 |
2021 | 5 | 05/02/2021 | 1,848 |
2021 | 6 | 12/02/2021 | 1,223 |
2021 | 7 | 19/02/2021 | 843 |
Source: Care Quality Commission
[1]https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/latest
2https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/carehomeresidentdeathsregisteredinenglandandwalesprovisional
3https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/numberofdeathsincarehomesnotifiedtothecarequalitycommissionengland
4https://www.ons.gov.uk/news/statementsandletters/publicationofstatisticsondeathsinvolvingcovid19incarehomesinenglandtransparencystatement
[2] Figures are for deaths CQC are notified of on the days specified. Figures only include deaths that were notified by 19 Feb 2021 and may be an underestimate due to notification delays.
[3] Figures are for people who were residents of a care home, regardless of where the death occurred. This is different to deaths occurring in care homes reported elsewhere.
[4]A death involving COVID-19 is based on the statement from the care home provider to the CQC: the assessment of whether COVID-19 was involved may or may not correspond to a medical diagnosis or test result or be reflected in the death certification
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have, therefore, asked the Authority to respond.
Professor Sir Ian Diamond | National Statistician
The Lord Willis of Knaresborough
House of Lords
London
SW1A 0PW
01 March 2021
Dear Lord Willis,
As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Questions asking a) when data was first collected on care home deaths from COVID-19 in England (HL13542), b) when the weekly death toll of care home residents from COVID-19 in England was first published (HL13543), and c) how many care home residents in England died from COVID-19-related symptoms in each week from 1 September 2020 to-date (HL13546).
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for publishing statistics on deaths in England and Wales. Mortality statistics are compiled from information supplied when deaths are certified and registered as part of civil registration. The ONS produces a weekly report[1] on provisional deaths involving COVID-19, and from 19 January 2021 onwards it has included data on deaths involving COVID-19 in care home residents in England and Wales in 2020 and 20212. The term "care home resident" used in this publication refers to all deaths where either (a) the death occurred in a care home or (b) the death occurred elsewhere but the place of residence of the deceased was recorded as a care home. The figures should not be confused with "deaths in care homes" as reported elsewhere, which refers only to category (a).
As well as the ONS mortality data, the Care Quality Commission (CQC; the independent regulator of health and social care in England) provides numbers of deaths involving COVID-19 in care homes and care home residents in England. These data are based on the date the death was notified to the CQC and has been published by the ONS as part of the weekly bulletin3 since 28 April 2020. Data on whether the death was a result of suspected or confirmed COVID-19 has been collected by the CQC since 10 April 20204. Table 1 below shows the number of deaths involving COVID-19 in care home residents, by week of notification to the CQC, starting from week ending 4 September 2020.
Yours sincerely,
Professor Sir Ian Diamond
Table 1: Number of deaths involving COVID-19 in care homes residents, by week of notification, weeks ending 4 September 2020 to 19 February 2021, England[2][3][4]
Year | Week number | Week ending | Deaths involving COVID-19 |
2020 | 36 | 04/09/2020 | 21 |
2020 | 37 | 11/09/2020 | 39 |
2020 | 38 | 18/09/2020 | 49 |
2020 | 39 | 25/09/2020 | 58 |
2020 | 40 | 02/10/2020 | 83 |
2020 | 41 | 09/10/2020 | 105 |
2020 | 42 | 16/10/2020 | 142 |
2020 | 43 | 23/10/2020 | 217 |
2020 | 44 | 30/10/2020 | 293 |
2020 | 45 | 06/11/2020 | 456 |
2020 | 46 | 13/11/2020 | 533 |
2020 | 47 | 20/11/2020 | 622 |
2020 | 48 | 27/11/2020 | 706 |
2020 | 49 | 04/12/2020 | 645 |
2020 | 50 | 11/12/2020 | 692 |
2020 | 51 | 18/12/2020 | 731 |
2020 | 52 | 25/12/2020 | 746 |
2020 | 53 | 01/01/2021 | 934 |
2021 | 1 | 08/01/2021 | 1,245 |
2021 | 2 | 15/01/2021 | 1,750 |
2021 | 3 | 22/01/2021 | 2,365 |
2021 | 4 | 29/01/2021 | 2,387 |
2021 | 5 | 05/02/2021 | 1,848 |
2021 | 6 | 12/02/2021 | 1,223 |
2021 | 7 | 19/02/2021 | 843 |
Source: Care Quality Commission
[1]https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/latest
2https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/carehomeresidentdeathsregisteredinenglandandwalesprovisional
3https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/numberofdeathsincarehomesnotifiedtothecarequalitycommissionengland
4https://www.ons.gov.uk/news/statementsandletters/publicationofstatisticsondeathsinvolvingcovid19incarehomesinenglandtransparencystatement
[2] Figures are for deaths CQC are notified of on the days specified. Figures only include deaths that were notified by 19 Feb 2021 and may be an underestimate due to notification delays.
[3] Figures are for people who were residents of a care home, regardless of where the death occurred. This is different to deaths occurring in care homes reported elsewhere.
[4]A death involving COVID-19 is based on the statement from the care home provider to the CQC: the assessment of whether COVID-19 was involved may or may not correspond to a medical diagnosis or test result or be reflected in the death certification
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have, therefore, asked the Authority to respond.
Professor Sir Ian Diamond | National Statistician
The Lord Willis of Knaresborough
House of Lords
London
SW1A 0PW
01 March 2021
Dear Lord Willis,
As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Questions asking a) when data was first collected on care home deaths from COVID-19 in England (HL13542), b) when the weekly death toll of care home residents from COVID-19 in England was first published (HL13543), and c) how many care home residents in England died from COVID-19-related symptoms in each week from 1 September 2020 to-date (HL13546).
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for publishing statistics on deaths in England and Wales. Mortality statistics are compiled from information supplied when deaths are certified and registered as part of civil registration. The ONS produces a weekly report[1] on provisional deaths involving COVID-19, and from 19 January 2021 onwards it has included data on deaths involving COVID-19 in care home residents in England and Wales in 2020 and 20212. The term "care home resident" used in this publication refers to all deaths where either (a) the death occurred in a care home or (b) the death occurred elsewhere but the place of residence of the deceased was recorded as a care home. The figures should not be confused with "deaths in care homes" as reported elsewhere, which refers only to category (a).
As well as the ONS mortality data, the Care Quality Commission (CQC; the independent regulator of health and social care in England) provides numbers of deaths involving COVID-19 in care homes and care home residents in England. These data are based on the date the death was notified to the CQC and has been published by the ONS as part of the weekly bulletin3 since 28 April 2020. Data on whether the death was a result of suspected or confirmed COVID-19 has been collected by the CQC since 10 April 20204. Table 1 below shows the number of deaths involving COVID-19 in care home residents, by week of notification to the CQC, starting from week ending 4 September 2020.
Yours sincerely,
Professor Sir Ian Diamond
Table 1: Number of deaths involving COVID-19 in care homes residents, by week of notification, weeks ending 4 September 2020 to 19 February 2021, England[2][3][4]
Year | Week number | Week ending | Deaths involving COVID-19 |
2020 | 36 | 04/09/2020 | 21 |
2020 | 37 | 11/09/2020 | 39 |
2020 | 38 | 18/09/2020 | 49 |
2020 | 39 | 25/09/2020 | 58 |
2020 | 40 | 02/10/2020 | 83 |
2020 | 41 | 09/10/2020 | 105 |
2020 | 42 | 16/10/2020 | 142 |
2020 | 43 | 23/10/2020 | 217 |
2020 | 44 | 30/10/2020 | 293 |
2020 | 45 | 06/11/2020 | 456 |
2020 | 46 | 13/11/2020 | 533 |
2020 | 47 | 20/11/2020 | 622 |
2020 | 48 | 27/11/2020 | 706 |
2020 | 49 | 04/12/2020 | 645 |
2020 | 50 | 11/12/2020 | 692 |
2020 | 51 | 18/12/2020 | 731 |
2020 | 52 | 25/12/2020 | 746 |
2020 | 53 | 01/01/2021 | 934 |
2021 | 1 | 08/01/2021 | 1,245 |
2021 | 2 | 15/01/2021 | 1,750 |
2021 | 3 | 22/01/2021 | 2,365 |
2021 | 4 | 29/01/2021 | 2,387 |
2021 | 5 | 05/02/2021 | 1,848 |
2021 | 6 | 12/02/2021 | 1,223 |
2021 | 7 | 19/02/2021 | 843 |
Source: Care Quality Commission
[1]https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/latest
2https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/carehomeresidentdeathsregisteredinenglandandwalesprovisional
3https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/numberofdeathsincarehomesnotifiedtothecarequalitycommissionengland
4https://www.ons.gov.uk/news/statementsandletters/publicationofstatisticsondeathsinvolvingcovid19incarehomesinenglandtransparencystatement
[2] Figures are for deaths CQC are notified of on the days specified. Figures only include deaths that were notified by 19 Feb 2021 and may be an underestimate due to notification delays.
[3] Figures are for people who were residents of a care home, regardless of where the death occurred. This is different to deaths occurring in care homes reported elsewhere.
[4]A death involving COVID-19 is based on the statement from the care home provider to the CQC: the assessment of whether COVID-19 was involved may or may not correspond to a medical diagnosis or test result or be reflected in the death certification
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.
Dear Lord Willis,
As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking how many deaths (1) of men, (2) of women, and (3) in total, were recorded as suicide in England in each of the past ten years (HL8003); and in each region of England in each of the past ten years (HL8004).
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes annual suicide death registration statistics for England as part of our annual statistical release for the UK[1][2]. The latest available figures were published by the ONS in September 2020 and covered calendar years up to 2019 providing break downs by sex, age, and place of residence, including region.
Table 1 provides the number of suicides registered between 2010 to 2019 for males, females and all persons in England.
Table 2 provides the number of suicides registered between 2010 to 2019 for males, females and all persons in each region of England.
In England and Wales, deaths caused by suicide are investigated by coroners. Due to the length of time it takes to hold a coroner’s inquest, around half of the deaths registered in a given year occurred in the same year, with the remaining deaths occurring in previous years.
Yours sincerely,
Professor Sir Ian Diamond
Table 1: Number of suicides by sex registered between 2010 and 2019 in England
Year | Males | Females | Persons |
2010 | 3,166 | 1,036 | 4,202 |
2011 | 3,420 | 1,098 | 4,518 |
2012 | 3,488 | 1,025 | 4,513 |
2013 | 3,688 | 1,039 | 4,727 |
2014 | 3,701 | 1,181 | 4,882 |
2015 | 3,600 | 1,220 | 4,820 |
2016 | 3,464 | 1,111 | 4,575 |
2017 | 3,328 | 1,123 | 4,451 |
2018 | 3,800 | 1,221 | 5,021 |
2019 | 4,017 | 1,299 | 5,316 |
Source: ONS
Table 2: Number of suicides by sex and English region registered between 2010 to 2019[3][4][5]
| 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | |
Persons | North East | 266 | 287 | 248 | 244 | 247 | 305 | 295 | 246 | 273 | 235 |
| North West | 709 | 682 | 634 | 661 | 674 | 727 | 716 | 704 | 675 | 616 |
| Yorkshire & The Humber | 660 | 577 | 462 | 469 | 544 | 451 | 502 | 482 | 464 | 380 |
| East Midlands | 456 | 400 | 341 | 352 | 399 | 426 | 385 | 376 | 365 | 323 |
| West Midlands | 534 | 514 | 500 | 446 | 477 | 571 | 477 | 453 | 433 | 450 |
| East of England | 626 | 614 | 468 | 526 | 494 | 520 | 456 | 440 | 483 | 445 |
| London | 616 | 661 | 568 | 580 | 735 | 552 | 516 | 577 | 585 | 574 |
| South East | 859 | 720 | 720 | 754 | 756 | 794 | 820 | 716 | 724 | 683 |
| South West | 590 | 566 | 510 | 543 | 494 | 536 | 560 | 519 | 516 | 496 |
Males | North East | 218 | 226 | 198 | 179 | 185 | 242 | 229 | 198 | 218 | 172 |
| North West | 540 | 529 | 480 | 498 | 498 | 542 | 568 | 552 | 527 | 479 |
| Yorkshire & The Humber | 482 | 440 | 353 | 369 | 412 | 354 | 407 | 382 | 360 | 286 |
| East Midlands | 345 | 300 | 254 | 276 | 305 | 324 | 308 | 304 | 281 | 239 |
| West Midlands | 411 | 387 | 382 | 340 | 373 | 446 | 386 | 357 | 325 | 334 |
| East of England | 462 | 465 | 346 | 395 | 374 | 390 | 353 | 330 | 364 | 352 |
| London | 437 | 503 | 419 | 447 | 543 | 424 | 395 | 435 | 427 | 434 |
| South East | 657 | 526 | 524 | 556 | 563 | 604 | 627 | 538 | 526 | 501 |
| South West | 465 | 424 | 372 | 404 | 347 | 375 | 415 | 392 | 392 | 369 |
Females | North East | 48 | 61 | 50 | 65 | 62 | 63 | 66 | 48 | 55 | 63 |
| North West | 169 | 153 | 154 | 163 | 176 | 185 | 148 | 152 | 148 | 137 |
| Yorkshire & The Humber | 178 | 137 | 109 | 100 | 132 | 97 | 95 | 100 | 104 | 94 |
| East Midlands | 111 | 100 | 87 | 76 | 94 | 102 | 77 | 72 | 84 | 84 |
| West Midlands | 123 | 127 | 118 | 106 | 104 | 125 | 91 | 96 | 108 | 116 |
| East of England | 164 | 149 | 122 | 131 | 120 | 130 | 103 | 110 | 119 | 93 |
| London | 179 | 158 | 149 | 133 | 192 | 128 | 121 | 142 | 158 | 140 |
| South East | 202 | 194 | 196 | 198 | 193 | 190 | 193 | 178 | 198 | 182 |
| South West | 125 | 142 | 138 | 139 | 147 | 161 | 145 | 127 | 124 | 127 |
Source: ONS
[2]Due to operational difficulites, suicides registered in 2019 in Northern Ireland and Scotland were unavailable at the time of analysis, and so this year’s annual release is for England and Wales only. The ONS will update the UK figures at a later stage.
[3]Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). This includes all deaths from intentional self-harm for persons aged 10 years and over, and deaths where the intent was undetermined for those aged 15 years and over. The ICD codes used to select the deaths are show in Box 1.
ICD-10 codes | Description |
X60-X84 | Intentional self-harm |
Y10-Y34 | Injury/poisoning of undetermined intent |
[4]Figures are for persons usually resident in each area, based on postcode boundaries as of May 2020.
[5]Figures are for deaths registered, rather than deaths occurring in each calendar year. Due to the length of time it takes to complete a coroner’s inquest, it can take months or even years for a suicide to be registered. More details can be found in the ‘Suicide Registrations In The UK’ statistical bulletin.
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.
Dear Lord Willis,
As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking how many deaths (1) of men, (2) of women, and (3) in total, were recorded as suicide in England in each of the past ten years (HL8003); and in each region of England in each of the past ten years (HL8004).
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes annual suicide death registration statistics for England as part of our annual statistical release for the UK[1][2]. The latest available figures were published by the ONS in September 2020 and covered calendar years up to 2019 providing break downs by sex, age, and place of residence, including region.
Table 1 provides the number of suicides registered between 2010 to 2019 for males, females and all persons in England.
Table 2 provides the number of suicides registered between 2010 to 2019 for males, females and all persons in each region of England.
In England and Wales, deaths caused by suicide are investigated by coroners. Due to the length of time it takes to hold a coroner’s inquest, around half of the deaths registered in a given year occurred in the same year, with the remaining deaths occurring in previous years.
Yours sincerely,
Professor Sir Ian Diamond
Table 1: Number of suicides by sex registered between 2010 and 2019 in England
Year | Males | Females | Persons |
2010 | 3,166 | 1,036 | 4,202 |
2011 | 3,420 | 1,098 | 4,518 |
2012 | 3,488 | 1,025 | 4,513 |
2013 | 3,688 | 1,039 | 4,727 |
2014 | 3,701 | 1,181 | 4,882 |
2015 | 3,600 | 1,220 | 4,820 |
2016 | 3,464 | 1,111 | 4,575 |
2017 | 3,328 | 1,123 | 4,451 |
2018 | 3,800 | 1,221 | 5,021 |
2019 | 4,017 | 1,299 | 5,316 |
Source: ONS
Table 2: Number of suicides by sex and English region registered between 2010 to 2019[3][4][5]
| 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | |
Persons | North East | 266 | 287 | 248 | 244 | 247 | 305 | 295 | 246 | 273 | 235 |
| North West | 709 | 682 | 634 | 661 | 674 | 727 | 716 | 704 | 675 | 616 |
| Yorkshire & The Humber | 660 | 577 | 462 | 469 | 544 | 451 | 502 | 482 | 464 | 380 |
| East Midlands | 456 | 400 | 341 | 352 | 399 | 426 | 385 | 376 | 365 | 323 |
| West Midlands | 534 | 514 | 500 | 446 | 477 | 571 | 477 | 453 | 433 | 450 |
| East of England | 626 | 614 | 468 | 526 | 494 | 520 | 456 | 440 | 483 | 445 |
| London | 616 | 661 | 568 | 580 | 735 | 552 | 516 | 577 | 585 | 574 |
| South East | 859 | 720 | 720 | 754 | 756 | 794 | 820 | 716 | 724 | 683 |
| South West | 590 | 566 | 510 | 543 | 494 | 536 | 560 | 519 | 516 | 496 |
Males | North East | 218 | 226 | 198 | 179 | 185 | 242 | 229 | 198 | 218 | 172 |
| North West | 540 | 529 | 480 | 498 | 498 | 542 | 568 | 552 | 527 | 479 |
| Yorkshire & The Humber | 482 | 440 | 353 | 369 | 412 | 354 | 407 | 382 | 360 | 286 |
| East Midlands | 345 | 300 | 254 | 276 | 305 | 324 | 308 | 304 | 281 | 239 |
| West Midlands | 411 | 387 | 382 | 340 | 373 | 446 | 386 | 357 | 325 | 334 |
| East of England | 462 | 465 | 346 | 395 | 374 | 390 | 353 | 330 | 364 | 352 |
| London | 437 | 503 | 419 | 447 | 543 | 424 | 395 | 435 | 427 | 434 |
| South East | 657 | 526 | 524 | 556 | 563 | 604 | 627 | 538 | 526 | 501 |
| South West | 465 | 424 | 372 | 404 | 347 | 375 | 415 | 392 | 392 | 369 |
Females | North East | 48 | 61 | 50 | 65 | 62 | 63 | 66 | 48 | 55 | 63 |
| North West | 169 | 153 | 154 | 163 | 176 | 185 | 148 | 152 | 148 | 137 |
| Yorkshire & The Humber | 178 | 137 | 109 | 100 | 132 | 97 | 95 | 100 | 104 | 94 |
| East Midlands | 111 | 100 | 87 | 76 | 94 | 102 | 77 | 72 | 84 | 84 |
| West Midlands | 123 | 127 | 118 | 106 | 104 | 125 | 91 | 96 | 108 | 116 |
| East of England | 164 | 149 | 122 | 131 | 120 | 130 | 103 | 110 | 119 | 93 |
| London | 179 | 158 | 149 | 133 | 192 | 128 | 121 | 142 | 158 | 140 |
| South East | 202 | 194 | 196 | 198 | 193 | 190 | 193 | 178 | 198 | 182 |
| South West | 125 | 142 | 138 | 139 | 147 | 161 | 145 | 127 | 124 | 127 |
Source: ONS
[2]Due to operational difficulites, suicides registered in 2019 in Northern Ireland and Scotland were unavailable at the time of analysis, and so this year’s annual release is for England and Wales only. The ONS will update the UK figures at a later stage.
[3]Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). This includes all deaths from intentional self-harm for persons aged 10 years and over, and deaths where the intent was undetermined for those aged 15 years and over. The ICD codes used to select the deaths are show in Box 1.
ICD-10 codes | Description |
X60-X84 | Intentional self-harm |
Y10-Y34 | Injury/poisoning of undetermined intent |
[4]Figures are for persons usually resident in each area, based on postcode boundaries as of May 2020.
[5]Figures are for deaths registered, rather than deaths occurring in each calendar year. Due to the length of time it takes to complete a coroner’s inquest, it can take months or even years for a suicide to be registered. More details can be found in the ‘Suicide Registrations In The UK’ statistical bulletin.
The Government expects all employers to treat employees fairly and in the spirit of partnership.
The Department of Health and Social Care has recently published guidance aimed at candidates who are applying for health and social care jobs in the UK from abroad, including information on working rights and standards.
Employers are strongly encouraged to follow the guidance available on gov.uk and the Acas website when considering changes to terms and conditions of employment.
We have noted the reports of unethical and exploitative practices in this sector. To address this the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) has recently published guidance aimed at candidates who are applying for health and social care jobs in the UK from abroad. It provides information on how to avoid scams, working rights and standards, what to consider when deciding whether to take a health or care job in the UK and where to go for further guidance, help or support.
Section 6 of the Employment Agencies Act 1973 (EAA 1973) prohibits the charging of work-finding fees to work-seekers wherever they are recruited from, provided the agency is operating in Great Britain. Agencies are permitted to charge fees for other paid-for services and can pass on visa costs to work-seekers, but this should be clearly set out in writing to the work-seeker. The Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate continues to work closely with DHSC to ensure their guidance aligns with these requirements.
Through the Consumer Right Act 2015 and other legislation, the Government ensures that consumers have specified rights when shopping online. Furthermore, the Government is consulting on measures to boost these online rights further, including proposals to prevent consumers being misled by fake reviews and preventing online exploitation of consumer behaviour.
Ofcom is the UK’s independent regulator of postal services. It monitors competition and consumer protection in the sector. Ofcom is currently conducting a review of postal regulation so that it remains relevant and fit for purpose in the light of market changes. It intends to publish a consultation later this year before concluding the review next year.
The Government recognises the important role that postal services have played in helping to mitigate the impact of coronavirus on individuals, families and businesses throughout the country. We remain committed to ensuring the universal postal service, through the universal service obligation, remains affordable and accessible to all users.
Ofcom, as the UK’s designated independent regulator of postal services, is carrying out a review of the future regulatory framework for post which it aims to complete in 2022. As part of this review, Ofcom is considering whether extra consumer protections may be required and has sought views on the future regulation of the parcel delivery market. A Call for Inputs was launched on 11 March 2021 and closed on 20 May 2021. Ofcom intends to publish a full consultation on the future regulation of postal services later this year.
Local Authorities were provided with initial guidance on 24 March 2020 regarding the eligibility and distribution of the Small Business Grant Fund.
Under the Small Business Grant Fund, all business hereditaments which were on 11 March in receipt of either the Small Business Rates Relief or the Rural Rates Relief in the business rates system were eligible for a payment of £10,000. Eligible recipients were entitled to receive one grant per qualifying hereditament.
Local Authorities were responsible for determining eligibility for the Small Business Grant Fund in line with the guidance provided to them.
There needs to be a fundamental shift away from crisis intervention and towards earlier intervention, and the ‘Stable Homes, Built on Love’ Implementation Strategy and Consultation sets out how the department intend to achieve that. The consultation can be found attached. These are complex reforms, with complicated systemic interactions, and it is critical that we take a test and learn approach and make sure we have models that can be rolled out effectively.
Alongside the Implementation Strategy, the department has announced we are investing £200 million by 2024/25 to address urgent issues facing children and families, to lay the foundations for whole system reform and set national direction for change. This is on top of the £142 million invested by 2024/25 to take forward reforms to unregulated provision in children’s social care, the £160 million as announced in March 2022 to deliver our Adoption Strategy over the next three years, the £259 million to maintain capacity and expand provision in secure and open residential children’s homes over the Spending Review 21 period, and the £230 million over the same period to support young people leaving care.
This is all in addition to the £3.85 billion social care grant that the government is providing to local authorities for adults and children’s social care this year.
After two years, the department will refresh the ‘Stable Homes, Built on Love’ strategy, and seek to scale up the new approaches we have tested and developed, including bringing forward new legislation where necessary (subject to parliamentary time).
An assessment, through a commissioned piece of user-research of homecare paper-based prescribing, was done during the COVID-19 pandemic. NHS England will use the information in this assessment to understand the issues in homecare, as well as to inform future improvement actions, particularly developing and adoption of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS).
No assessment has been made of the impact of requirements under the Human Medicines Regulations 2012. The only advanced electronic signature (AES) is through EPS. Not many e-prescribing systems used in secondary care have the capability to meet this AES requirement.
An assessment, through a commissioned piece of user-research of homecare paper-based prescribing, was done during the COVID-19 pandemic. NHS England will use the information in this assessment to understand the issues in homecare, as well as to inform future improvement actions, particularly developing and adoption of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS).
No assessment has been made of the impact of requirements under the Human Medicines Regulations 2012. The only advanced electronic signature (AES) is through EPS. Not many e-prescribing systems used in secondary care have the capability to meet this AES requirement.
An Information Standard Notice (ISN) which puts in place definitions that are to be used when a health professional sends or receives patient medication and allergy/intolerance information, by computer system, between care locations, has been published under section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
The purpose is to ensure that medication and allergy information is transferred between systems and locations in a machine-readable format. This will be achieved by: transferring medication information using the newest version for the United Kingdom of Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource, by use of either ‘Medication Codable Concept’ or ‘Medication Resource’ as is most appropriate to the use case; usage of dose syntax to transfer the amount of medication per dose as a simple coded quantity; and transferring allergy/intolerance information using Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms and dictionary of medicines and devices codes.
All clinical IT systems that will be used for prescribing homecare medicines will be required to be compliant with this ISN.
The National Homecare Medicines Committee’s (NHMC) vision for digital transformation, including e-prescribing in homecare, is available in a short video in an online-only format on the YouTube website. The digital subgroup of the NHMC is working with the National Health Service, Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (ePMA) systems vendors and homecare providers to produce an output-based specification for an Electronic Prescribing System (EPS), particularly focusing on the technical aspects of homecare requirements for EPS. This will include interoperable prescribing systems. Any ePMA systems used in secondary care need to be Dictionary of medicines and devices compliant and this applies for homecare medicines too; this is needed to support interoperability.
The output-based specification aims to standardise requirements in homecare medicines e-prescribing, accelerating adoption of e-prescribing system development in homecare. This specification is undergoing final review by NHS England before publication by the NHMC.
The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent focus on recovery has seen some National Health Service trusts delay implementing Electronic Prescribing and Medication Administration, meaning the timeline for implementation has been pushed to 2025. However, the implementation of e-prescribing in NHS trusts remains a key and appropriate deliverable as part of the vision to digitally transform the NHS. Additionally, the Electronic Prescription Service, which has been widely used in primary care over the past 18 years, is being made available to all NHS trusts by March 2025, should they want to utilise it.
The Government is committed to reforming the system of regulation for healthcare professionals in the United Kingdom, making it faster, fairer, more flexible and less adversarial. A modernised regulatory framework will be introduced first for anaesthesia associates and physician associates, who will be brought into regulation under the General Medical Council by the end of 2024, before the reformed legislation is rolled out to doctors, and to the professions regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the Health and Care Professions Council over the following couple of years.
The Care Quality Commission has set out plans to introduce a new single assessment framework for care providers, local authorities, and integrated care systems, which will prevent duplication and provide a consistent and accessible means of ensuring safe and high-quality provision of care at all levels.
The Minister of State for Health, Will Quince MP, is the minister responsible for the Homecare Medicines Service.
Providers of Homecare Medicine services to National Health Service patients do so under framework agreements which may be held at different authority levels as follows:
- National level, via NHS England;
- Regional level, via NHS procurement hubs; or
- Local level via hospital trusts.
This therefore requires a high degree of centralised co-ordination for which the National Homecare Medicines Committee (NHMC) supports and advises the NHS on matters relating to homecare medicines services.
Homecare medicines services are regulated by three different regulators, namely the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the General Pharmaceutical Council, and the Care Quality Commission, depending on the service being provided. The NHMC acts as the national focus for developing and improving administration and governance processes for homecare medicines services and has published a large volume of guidance and templates to support consistent best practice across the country.
Each Chief Pharmacist within each NHS trust is the responsible officer for the homecare medicines services that the hospital provides and is responsible for the monitoring and performance management of its contracts for these services.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) do not have a role to routinely ensure that entrants to England on Health and Social Care visas and work permits are employed under the same terms and conditions as United Kingdom domiciled staff. However, as part of CQC’s regulatory role, staffing governance is considered during CQC inspections at providers. If CQC identify areas of incorrect practice they would work with relevant agencies such as the Home Office to rectify any issues raised.
CQC regulate all health and care services that want to conduct a Regulated Activity, as defined by the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. CQC’s scope of registration document defines the types of organisations which need to register, including domiciliary care providers, community nursing services or integrated care teams, including district nursing, community matrons and specialist nursing services, community therapy services such as occupational therapy and physiotherapy, community intermediate care, community rehabilitation or reablement services and community outpatient and diagnostic services.
All services are regulated by CQC to ensure they meet the minimum fundamental standards of care. CQC’s regulatory frameworks refer to national best practice, and CQC expect regulated providers to demonstrate how they meet these, or how alternative methods achieve the same or better outcomes for people using services.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) do not have a role to routinely ensure that entrants to England on Health and Social Care visas and work permits are employed under the same terms and conditions as United Kingdom domiciled staff. However, as part of CQC’s regulatory role, staffing governance is considered during CQC inspections at providers. If CQC identify areas of incorrect practice they would work with relevant agencies such as the Home Office to rectify any issues raised.
CQC regulate all health and care services that want to conduct a Regulated Activity, as defined by the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. CQC’s scope of registration document defines the types of organisations which need to register, including domiciliary care providers, community nursing services or integrated care teams, including district nursing, community matrons and specialist nursing services, community therapy services such as occupational therapy and physiotherapy, community intermediate care, community rehabilitation or reablement services and community outpatient and diagnostic services.
All services are regulated by CQC to ensure they meet the minimum fundamental standards of care. CQC’s regulatory frameworks refer to national best practice, and CQC expect regulated providers to demonstrate how they meet these, or how alternative methods achieve the same or better outcomes for people using services.
As the independent regulator of health and social care in England, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) monitors, inspects and rates health and social care services to make sure people receive safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care, and encourages care services to improve.
CQC publishes inspection reports on its website, through which it sets out its findings. CQC’s inspection reports may include its ratings, as well as information on good practice, concerns, and evidence of breaches of regulation CQC has found. CQC’s assessments consider providers’ approach to staff training and wellbeing, and where CQC receives information of concern about a provider it may carry out additional assessment activity. The professional regulators also have responsibility for ensuring health and care professionals have appropriate qualifications.
The Code of Practice for the International Recruitment of Health and Social Care Personnel, which is available in an online format only, applies to all organisations engaged in the recruitment and employment of international health and care staff. It is non-statutory guidance with no legislative enforcement powers.
The Cross Whitehall International Recruitment Steering Group last met on 9 November 2022.
On 15 December 2022 my Department published guidance on Applying for a Health and Care Job from Abroad. The guidance raises awareness about the risks involved in seeking a health or care job in the United Kingdom, sets out working rights and standards, how to identify and deal with exploitation and signposts to further help or support.
In August 2022 the Code of Practice for International Recruitment of Health and Social Care Personnel was updated and strengthened in several areas to address ethical concerns about employment practices, including setting four new principles on the use of repayment clauses.
NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care or in general practice surgeries, local authorities or other providers. The following table shows the number of full time equivalent (FTE) professionally qualified HCHS radiographers and medical physicists working in National Health Service trusts as at September each year and the latest available data in August 2021.
Radiographers Medical Physicists
September
2016 16,307 2,819
September
2017 16,884 2,809
September
2018 17,398 2,928
September
2019 17,965 2,975
September
2020 18,555 3,153
August 2021 18,573 3,212
Diagnostic radiography and therapeutic radiography are two of the seven priority professions identified in Health Educations England’s (HEE) Cancer Workforce Plan. HEE has trained more
than 560 radiographers in image interpretation and reporting and is now targeting an additional 150 for 2021/22. Since September 2020 all eligible radiography students can access a new, non-repayable training grant of at least £5,000 per academic year plus a specialist subject payment of £1,000 per academic year.
HEE’s National School of Healthcare Science commissions the Scientist Training Programme (STP) and the Higher Specialist Scientific Training (HSST) programmes for clinical scientists and consultant clinical scientists who will work in the domain of medical physics. Since 2016, 596 medical physicists have been trained via the STP and HSST programmes.
As part of the 2020 Spending Review, £32 million was made available to support the replacement of 17 linear accelerators (LINACs) over 10 years old, which will be delivered by 31 March 2022. This is in addition to £160 million invested from 2016 to 2018 which enabled the replacement or upgrade of over 80 LINACs.
As set out in the NHS Long Term Plan, changes will be made to the current radiotherapy payment system to incentivise the adoption of evidence-based best practice care and enable the appropriate replacement of equipment.
On the 1 October the Department launched the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities to work in partnership with national and local Government, the National Health Service, the voluntary sector, industry and the wider public health system to improve health outcomes and disparities. We are currently in the process of establishing governance and advisory structures to engage wider partners and stakeholders across the public health system. Further information will be made available in due course.
The Office of Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) aims to systematically tackle the top preventable risk factors for poor health, improving the public’s health and narrowing health inequalities. We have not set out a comprehensive list of policies that OHID will cover, but both public mental health and physical activity are within OHID’s remit. OHID and the wider Department of Health and Social Care will work collaboratively with the rest of government, the healthcare system, local government and wider partners to build evidence and drive forward action to prevent ill health and address disparities.
The Office of Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) was established on 1 October. Around 930 staff have moved into OHID from Public Health England (PHE) – the majority of PHE’s health improvement functions, together with around 300 staff working on Public Health in the Department of Health and Social Care. Around three quarters of staff in OHID are from Public Health England. Work is now being taken forward in the light of the Spending Review settlement to confirm the future budget and staffing levels for OHID.
The Department, under the guidance of Chief Medical Officer (CMO), has assessed the role of physical activity in improving health and tackling disparities, and has laid this out in the revised 2019 CMO guidelines for physical activity.
Physical activity can contribute to managing and reducing the risk of chronic conditions, including some cancers, heart disease, type 2 diabetes and depression. Physical activity can also help maintain a healthy weight and support weight loss when combined with a dietary intervention.
There are inequalities in physical activity, for example people living with disabilities or long-term health conditions, and so universal and targeted action can support these groups get more active.
The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities is committed to enabling a systems approach to improve physical activity levels. This includes promoting the CMO guidelines for physical activity, and the national framework for action on physical activity ‘Everybody active, every day’.
The settlement announced by the Chancellor on 27 October 2021 delivers significant investment in public health measures, including funding a Start for Life offer for families and a continuation of the £100 million announced at the Spending Review 2020 to help people achieve and maintain a healthy weight. The settlement also maintains the Public Health Grant in real terms over the Spending Review period.
The Spending Review confirms the overall settlement available for the Department of Health and Social Care’s non-National Health Service budgets for three years – 2022/2023, 2023/2024 and 2024/2025. Spending plans for 2022/2023 and beyond and full details on funding allocations towards public health budgets will be subject to a detailed financial planning exercise and finalised in due course.
In response to the Dame Carol Black recommendations from the Independent Review of drugs, we take the challenge of illegal drug misuse seriously, and the Government will set out further action in the coming months.
The Department began piloting testing of care homes on 1 May 2020 and launched the care home portal to allow care home managers to order tests for all staff and residents on 11 May. The whole care home portal was expanded to all adult care homes, including care homes for adults with learning disabilities or mental health issues, for all care home residents and care home staff, regardless of symptoms, on 7 June.
Regular retesting for residents and staff of care homes for over 65 year olds and dementia commenced from 6 July. This included weekly testing for staff and every 28 days for residents. All remaining adult care homes were able to apply for retesting from 31 August.
The Department began piloting testing of care homes on 1 May 2020 and launched the care home portal to allow care home managers to order tests for all staff and residents on 11 May. The whole care home portal was expanded to all adult care homes, including care homes for adults with learning disabilities or mental health issues, for all care home residents and care home staff, regardless of symptoms, on 7 June.
Regular retesting for residents and staff of care homes for over 65 year olds and dementia commenced from 6 July. This included weekly testing for staff and every 28 days for residents. All remaining adult care homes were able to apply for retesting from 31 August.
Regardless of any future healthcare arrangements, people who have moved to the United Kingdom or European Union before 31 December 2020, will continue to have life-long reciprocal healthcare rights provided they remain covered under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement. This means existing healthcare arrangements will not change for those UK nationals who are resident in EU and EU citizens in the UK before 31 December 2020, for as long as they are living in that country and covered by the agreement.
For people not covered by the Withdrawal Agreement, the future of reciprocal healthcare arrangements between the UK and EU are subject to negotiations, which are ongoing.
The UK has set out that it is ready to work to establish practical, reciprocal healthcare provisions with the EU for the future. The UK is open to arrangements that provide healthcare cover for tourists, short-term business visitors and service providers. These arrangements could benefit UK nationals and EU citizens travelling or moving between the UK.
There is no current interventional procedure guidance available on CE marked vertebral body tethering systems from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) or the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. NICE will be producing interventional procedures guidance on vertebral body tethering for scoliosis. The guidance will involve the evaluation of the procedure, rather than looking at any specific device or product, and will focus on the safety and efficacy of the procedure. The expected date for the publication of the guidance is still to be confirmed.
The Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including scoliosis. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. The NIHR is not currently funding or supporting research into the use of vertebral body tethering for adolescents with advancing scoliosis.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have advised that they are currently in the process of reviewing guidance on the MAGEC system in the treatment of people with scoliosis. A robust investigation is currently ongoing to determine whether the benefits of these devices continue to outweigh the risks. In the interim, alternative treatments are available for children with scoliosis, such as casts, back braces and other surgical procedures. The MHRA will consider the use of MAGEC rods on a case-by-case basis where clinicians deem it to be essential.
Any significant change in status to the availability of the MAGEC system in the United Kingdom, will be updated in guidance when appropriate.
The following table shows the number of deaths of care home residents occurring in care homes in England, by date of death registration in each week between 1 April to 1 September 2020.
Week ending | Total number of deaths |
3 April 2020 | 187 |
10 April 2020 | 768 |
17 April 2020 | 1,929 |
24 April 2020 | 2,669 |
1 May 2020 | 2,329 |
8 May 2020 | 1,590 |
15 May 2020 | 1,592 |
22 May 2020 | 1,046 |
29 May 2020 | 670 |
5 June 2020 | 536 |
12 June 2020 | 360 |
19 June 2020 | 242 |
26 June 2020 | 181 |
3 July 2020 | 163 |
10 July 2020 | 89 |
17 July 2020 | 91 |
24 July 2020 | 67 |
31 July 2020 | 44 |
7 August 2020 | 29 |
14 August 2020 | 39 |
21 August 2020 | 39 |
28 August 2020 | 23 |
4 September 2020 | 17 |
Source: Office of National Statistics, Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales
Notes:
This information is not held in the format requested. Data on the total number of positive cases is published in an online only format.
Essential workers continue to be able to access testing as a priority through the online portal and have been able to since April 2020.
The Coronavirus (COVID-19): getting tested guidance, which is available in an online-only format, shows the list of key workers which includes social care staff and specifically says they are being prioritised for testing.
Essential workers and members of their households who display symptoms of COVID-19 should book tests by visiting the COVID-19 online test booking portal on GOV.UK. This is set out in the Coronavirus (COVID-19): getting tested guidance.
From 6 July, we rolled out weekly retesting of care home staff in care homes. The announcement was published on 3 July. We are continuing to prioritise care home testing, where we are issuing more than 120,000 tests a day to care homes across the country.
There is a variety of information that is collected about the individuals getting tested in line with the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010, as well as data to support the operational processes involved in testing - for example the address of the care home, how many test kits are needed and so on.
The adult social care sector has been, and continues to be, one of our highest priorities for access to COVID-19 testing. Care homes have been prioritised for repeat asymptomatic testing. Care homes are provided with tests so they can test staff weekly and residents every 28 days. We are issuing more than 120,000 tests a day to care homes across the country.
There has been a high demand for tests and our laboratories continue to turn test results around as quickly as possible. We are bringing in new capacity, technology and staff to process tests faster. This includes increasing the number of permanent staff at existing lighthouse labs, announcing four new laboratory facilities that will join our network as well as surge labs to process more tests in the short-term.
Local authorities are responsible for developing local suicide action plans. Every local authority now has a multi-agency suicide prevention plan in place, and we are working with local government to assure the effectiveness of those plans. The Department provided almost £600,000 last year to the Local Government Association for a support programme to help local authorities strengthen their plans.
From 2019/20 to 2023/24, we are investing an additional £57 million in suicide prevention through the NHS Long Term Plan. This will see investment in all areas of the country to support local suicide prevention plans. Funding for the NHS England and NHS Improvement National Suicide Prevention Programme is allocated to sustainability and transformation partnerships (STPs) via a pence per head calculation.
The STPs within Yorkshire and the Humber have received around £2.6 million of this funding to support their work on suicide prevention. As part of this funding,
- South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw STP has received £1.4 million since 2018/19;
- Humber, Coast and Vale STP has received £712,000 since 2019/20 with further planned allocations in 2021/22; and
- West Yorkshire and Harrogate STP has received £519,000 in 2020/21 with further planned allocations in 2021/22 and 2022/23.
There are 15 local authorities in Yorkshire and Humber and the STPs listed above cover all local authorities.
Local authorities are responsible for developing local suicide action plans. Every local authority now has a multi-agency suicide prevention plan in place, and we are working with local government to assure the effectiveness of those plans. The Department provided almost £600,000 last year to the Local Government Association for a support programme to help local authorities strengthen their plans.
From 2019/20 to 2023/24, we are investing an additional £57 million in suicide prevention through the NHS Long Term Plan. This will see investment in all areas of the country to support local suicide prevention plans. Funding for the NHS England and NHS Improvement National Suicide Prevention Programme is allocated to sustainability and transformation partnerships (STPs) via a pence per head calculation.
The STPs within Yorkshire and the Humber have received around £2.6 million of this funding to support their work on suicide prevention. As part of this funding,
- South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw STP has received £1.4 million since 2018/19;
- Humber, Coast and Vale STP has received £712,000 since 2019/20 with further planned allocations in 2021/22; and
- West Yorkshire and Harrogate STP has received £519,000 in 2020/21 with further planned allocations in 2021/22 and 2022/23.
There are 15 local authorities in Yorkshire and Humber and the STPs listed above cover all local authorities.
The following table shows the number of registered nurses, registered nursing associates, and registered midwives with a European Economic Area (EEA) or non-EEA country of initial registration who left the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Register in 2016-17:
Role Type | Leavers |
Midwife | 164 |
Nurse | 2,868 |
Nurse and Midwife (dual registration) | 49 |
| 3,081 |
The following table shows the number of registered nurses, registered nursing associates, and registered midwives with a EEA or non-EEA country of initial registration who left the NMC Register in 2017-18:
Role Type | Leavers |
Midwife | 188 |
Nurse | 3,728 |
Nurse and Midwife (dual registration) | 46 |
| 3,962 |
The following table shows the number of registered nurses, registered nursing associates, and registered midwives with a EEA or non-EEA country of initial registration who left the NMC Register in 2018-19:
Role Type | Leavers |
Midwife | 156 |
Nurse | 3,126 |
Nurse and Midwife (dual registration) | 51 |
| 3,333 |
The Department does not hold information on the number of registrants who have left the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register and also departed from the United Kingdom.
The following table shows the current number of registered nurses, registered nursing associates, and registered midwives on the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Register.
Midwife | 36,916 |
Nurse | 653,544 |
Nurse and midwife (dual registration) | 7,288 |
Nursing associate | 489 |
Total | 698,237 |
The following table shows the current number of registered nurses, registered nursing associates, and registered midwives currently on NMC Register whose initial registration was in other European Union countries.
Midwife | 1,217 |
Nurse | 31,379 |
Nurse and midwife (dual registration) | 439 |
Nursing associate | 0 |
Total | 33,035 |
All figures are as recorded on the NMC register on 4 February 2020.
The following table shows the number of registered nurses, registered nursing associates, and registered midwives who joined the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register for the first time in 2018-19.
Registered nurses | Registered nursing associates | Registered midwives |
28,020 | 489 | 2,114 |
The following table shows the number of registered nurses and registered midwives who left the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register in 2018–19.
Registered nurses | Registered midwives | Dual qualified nurse/midwives |
27,194 | 1,587 | 351 |
The following table shows the number of registered nurses, registered nursing associates, and registered midwives whose initial registration was in other European Union countries, who joined the Nursing and Midwifery Council register for the first time in 2018–19.
Registered nurses | Registered nursing associates | Registered midwives |
915 | 0 | 53 |
All figures are based on the 12 month period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019.
The following table shows the number of registered nurses, registered nursing associates, and registered midwives who joined the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register for the first time in 2018-19.
Registered nurses | Registered nursing associates | Registered midwives |
28,020 | 489 | 2,114 |
The following table shows the number of registered nurses and registered midwives who left the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register in 2018–19.
Registered nurses | Registered midwives | Dual qualified nurse/midwives |
27,194 | 1,587 | 351 |
The following table shows the number of registered nurses, registered nursing associates, and registered midwives whose initial registration was in other European Union countries, who joined the Nursing and Midwifery Council register for the first time in 2018–19.
Registered nurses | Registered nursing associates | Registered midwives |
915 | 0 | 53 |
All figures are based on the 12 month period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019.
The following table shows the number of registered nurses, registered nursing associates, and registered midwives who joined the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register for the first time in 2018-19.
Registered nurses | Registered nursing associates | Registered midwives |
28,020 | 489 | 2,114 |
The following table shows the number of registered nurses and registered midwives who left the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register in 2018–19.
Registered nurses | Registered midwives | Dual qualified nurse/midwives |
27,194 | 1,587 | 351 |
The following table shows the number of registered nurses, registered nursing associates, and registered midwives whose initial registration was in other European Union countries, who joined the Nursing and Midwifery Council register for the first time in 2018–19.
Registered nurses | Registered nursing associates | Registered midwives |
915 | 0 | 53 |
All figures are based on the 12 month period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019.