Nurses

(asked on 14th December 2015) - View Source

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.


Answered by
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Ben Gummer
This question was answered on 17th December 2015

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.

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