Nurses
(asked on 16th December 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many registered nurses were employed by the National Health Service in each of the years from 2010 to 2014.
The Health and Social Care Information Centre publishes provisional monthly workforce statistics. The latest available data for September 2014 shows that there are now 313,514 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff in the nursing, midwifery and health visiting group.
The number of registered nurses employed by the National Health Service in each of the years from 2010 to 2014 is included in the following table.
Hospital and Community Health Services: Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting staff | |||||
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England as at 30 September each year |
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Staff Group | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
Qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff | 309,139 | 306,346 | 305,060 | 307,692 | 313,514 |
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Registered midwife | 20,126 | 20,519 | 20,935 | 21,284 | 21,670 |
Health visitor | 8,017 | 7,941 | 8,386 | 9,109 | 10,167 |
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Health and Social Care Information Centre Provisional Monthly Workforce Statistics for September 2014 | |||||
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These statistics relate to the contracted positions within English NHS organisations and may include those where the person assigned to the position is temporarily absent, for example on maternity leave. | |||||
In 2011, the bank staff return was ceased. All data (for all years) in these tables excludes bank staff. | |||||