Nurses: EU Nationals
(asked on 3rd December 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses from other EU countries were employed by the NHS on 1 September (a) 2014, (b) 2013 and (c) 2012.
There are more than 1,300 nurses, midwives and health visitors working in the National Health Service than in May 2010.
The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) publishes provisional monthly workforce statistics on National Health Services in hospitals and community health services in England. The latest month for which workforce statistics are available is August 2014. Data for September 2014 will be published on 17 December.
The number of full-time equivalent qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff from European Union (EU) countries excluding Britain employed by the NHS in England is shown in the following table.
full-time equivalent
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Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre, NHS Hospital & Community Health
Service (HCHS) provisional monthly workforce statistics
Notes: As nationality is self-reported the value entered by an individual may reflect their cultural heritage rather than their country of birth. Nationality data is incomplete as many people choose not to specify their nationality
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