Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the net change has been in the number of (a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) allied health professionals and (d) scientists working for the NHS from (i) 2010, (ii) 2015 and (iii) 2020 to 8 February 2022.

NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), but not staff working in primary care, local authorities or other providers.

Data on the National Health Service (NHS) workforce is drawn from the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). ESR is the HR and payroll system for the NHS.

The following table shows the changes in the numbers of full time equivalent HCHS doctors and nurses working in NHS trusts and CCGs as of November 2021 and the change since November 2010, November 2015 and November 2020.

The following table shows the changes in the numbers of full time equivalent allied health professionals and healthcare scientists working in NHS trusts and CCGs as of October 2021 and the change since October 2010, October 2015 and October 2020.