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.
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 |