NHS England

(asked on 16th December 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the total number of staff employed by NHS England, their grades and their total cost.


Answered by
Earl Howe Portrait
Earl Howe
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
This question was answered on 31st December 2014

The total number of whole time equivalent (WTE) staff employed by NHS England as of November 2014 is 5605.47 and their total cost for 2014-15 is £312,897,165. The split by grade can be seen in the following table.

Salary Band

Worked WTE paid in Nov-14

Actual Apr to Nov and estimate Dec 14 to Mar 15 £

Admin & Clerical band 2

373.70

7,964,906

Admin & Clerical band 3

424.80

10,239,492

Admin & Clerical band 4

591.76

15,162,179

Admin & Clerical band 5

376.52

11,885,462

Admin & Clerical band 6

229.14

8,938,141

Admin & Clerical band 7

164.83

7,770,548

Band 5

263.21

8,269,730

Band 6

306.32

10,902,343

Band 7

462.47

20,659,007

Band 8A

566.74

31,793,887

Band 8B

588.63

39,383,822

Band 8C

389.43

30,474,862

Band 8D

316.72

32,087,072

Band 9

245.17

30,376,967

Consultant

53.35

6,267,998

General Practitioners

2.73

405,083

Locum Speciality Registrar

0.00

32,893

Pharmacy band 4

1.00

22,135

Pharmacy band 7

1.00

48,129

Pharmacy band 8A

0.80

40,374

Pharmacy band 8C

1.00

60,488

Trust Scale (Medical)

2.94

1,077,426

Very Senior Managers

243.21

39,034,221

Grand Total

5605.47

312,897,165

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