Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nationals of EU member states other than the UK worked in the NHS in each of the last 36 months for which figures are available (a) in total (b) as doctors, (c) as nurses and (d) as midwives; and if he will make a statement.

NHS Digital publishes data on the nationality of staff working in the National Health Service in England. This is a self-reported field within the NHS human resources and payroll system, the electronic staff record.

The following table shows the number of nationals of European Union member states other than the United Kingdom working in the NHS in the last 36 months.

This data is published twice a year and the next set will be published in December 2016 showing the position at September 2016.

NHS Digital also publishes turnover data. The latest data published in September shows that the number of nationals of EU member states other than the UK who started working between June 2015 and June 2016 was 15,474 and the number who left employment in the NHS in England was 8,056. The next publication in December 2016 will cover the period from September 2015 to September 2016.