Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to make workforce data transparent at (a) trust and (b) ICB level.

There are a range of data sources published by NHS England relating to staff employed by National Health Service trusts and integrated care boards (ICB) in England, including monthly data on NHS workforce statistics, including information on the current staff in post as well as turnover. This information is provided at a trust level and ICB level as well as at a national level, and is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-workforce-statistics

There is also monthly data on sickness absence rates for staff working in the NHS. As well as containing data on national sickness absence rates across staff groups, this data is also available at an ICB and trust level at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-sickness-absence-rates

There is also quarterly data on vacancy rates in NHS trusts at a regional level, available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-vacancies-survey

The above is also, on an ad hoc basis, published at trust level, such as in the supplementary release available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/supplementary-information/2024/total-vacancy-rates-by-org-since-201718

Additionally, the results of the annual NHS Staff Survey are also available at trust level at the following link:

https://www.nhsstaffsurveys.com/results/national-results/

The Department and NHS England continue to review and develop available data sources on the NHS workforce at a local level.