Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nurse consultants, (b) modern matrons and (c) community matrons were employed in the NHS in the (i) latest period for which figures are available and (ii) same period in 2009-10.
The following table shows the number of nurse consultants, modern matrons and community matrons employed in the National Health Service in England.
full-time equivalent
August 2010 | August 2015 | |
Nurse consultants | 1,007 | 882 |
Modern Matrons | 4,802 | 3,919 |
Community Matrons | 1,536 | 1,214 |
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre monthly workforce statistics
Data is not available for August 2009 as the monthly workforce statistics commenced in September 2009.