Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) FTE nurses and (b) health visitors there were in the NHS workforce, by region, in each of the last five years.
The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent nurses employed in National Health Service trusts in each English NHS region in June of each year since 2018.
| June 2018 | June 2019 | June 2020 | June 2021 | June 2022 |
All regions | 275,418 | 281,619 | 294,980 | 303,884 | 313,553 |
East of England | 25,228 | 26,327 | 27,968 | 28,954 | 29,498 |
London | 50,593 | 51,898 | 54,346 | 55,555 | 56,972 |
Midlands | 51,067 | 51,913 | 54,095 | 56,013 | 57,423 |
North East and Yorkshire | 46,565 | 46,856 | 48,050 | 49,273 | 50,575 |
North West | 42,574 | 43,470 | 45,235 | 46,717 | 48,736 |
South East | 35,109 | 36,051 | 38,319 | 39,972 | 42,015 |
South West | 24,281 | 25,104 | 26,967 | 27,400 | 28,333 |
Source: NHS Digital Workforce Statistics June 2022
The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent health visitors employed in NHS trusts in each English NHS region in June of each year since 2018.
| June 2018 | June 2019 | June 2020 | June 2021 | June 2022 |
All regions | 7,910 | 7,026 | 6,632 | 6,367 | 5,929 |
East of England | 614 | 546 | 527 | 514 | 472 |
London | 1,276 | 1,177 | 1,052 | 963 | 858 |
Midlands | 1,640 | 1,552 | 1,491 | 1,445 | 1,360 |
North East and Yorkshire | 1,293 | 1,205 | 1,159 | 1,093 | 1,011 |
North West | 1,509 | 1,253 | 1,177 | 1,165 | 1,096 |
South East | 1,114 | 1,042 | 992 | 952 | 911 |
South West | 464 | 252 | 233 | 236 | 220 |
Source: NHS Digital Workforce Statistics June 2022