Asked by: Dan Poulter (Conservative - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent nurses are employed by all NHS Foundation Trusts in England in each year since 2009-10.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care or in general practice surgeries, local authorities or other providers. The following table shows the number of full time equivalent (FTE) nurses employed by a National Health Service trust with foundation trust status in England in September of each year from 2009 to 2021.
September 2009 | 112,518 |
September 2010 | 120,092 |
September 2011 | 130,702 |
September 2012 | 150,284 |
September 2013 | 157,257 |
September 2014 | 161,210 |
September 2015 | 171,506 |
September 2016 | 178,592 |
September 2017 | 180,629 |
September 2018 | 185,061 |
September 2019 | 192,742 |
September 2020 | 203,949 |
September 2021 | 212,922 |
Source: NHS Digital Workforce Statistics
Note:
The total number of FTE nurses does not match the total numbers of FTE nurses in all NHS trusts and CCGs published by NHS Digital. Not all NHS trusts are or have always held foundation trust status. Nurses employed in NHS trusts which did not hold foundation trust status at the point of data collection but later became foundation trusts because of a merger, are not included until after the trust they are employed in gained foundation trust status.
Asked by: Dan Poulter (Conservative - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the delays in the publication of the Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics on the ability of relevant stakeholders to understand the experience of people living with mental illness.
Answered by Gillian Keegan - Secretary of State for Education
There was a pre-announced delay of two weeks from 13 January to 27 January 2022 for publication of the January provisional Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS). This publication was the first one to be based on a new version of the dataset, which involved mental health providers collecting new information and NHS Digital developing its system to process this. Delays in this development led to the two-week postponement of the provisional publication. NHS Digital has confirmed that as the development has now concluded, standard monthly publication processes have resumed, and the February MHSDS was published on 10 February 2022 as scheduled.
No such assessment has been made regarding the effect of the delays in the publication of the Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics. The timeliness of this publication remains a priority and key learning and improvements have been identified from this project which will be used to implement future dataset version changes.
Asked by: Dan Poulter (Conservative - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle delays in the publication of the Mental Health Services monthly statistics.
Answered by Gillian Keegan - Secretary of State for Education
There was a pre-announced delay of two weeks from 13 January to 27 January 2022 for publication of the January provisional Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS). This publication was the first one to be based on a new version of the dataset, which involved mental health providers collecting new information and NHS Digital developing its system to process this. Delays in this development led to the two-week postponement of the provisional publication. NHS Digital has confirmed that as the development has now concluded, standard monthly publication processes have resumed, and the February MHSDS was published on 10 February 2022 as scheduled.
No such assessment has been made regarding the effect of the delays in the publication of the Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics. The timeliness of this publication remains a priority and key learning and improvements have been identified from this project which will be used to implement future dataset version changes.
Asked by: Dan Poulter (Conservative - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 21 October 2021 to Question 56966 on NHS: Agency Workers, what the total cost to NHS hospitals has been of using (a) agency staff and (b) bank staff (i) in the financial year 2020-21 and (ii) since 1 April 2021.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
Total costs for bank and agency staff for 2020-21 and year to date for 2021-22 are not available.
Asked by: Dan Poulter (Conservative - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent nurses are employed by West Suffolk Foundation Trust, and its predecessor trusts, in each year since 2009-10.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care or in general practice surgeries, local authorities or other providers.
The following table shows the number of full time equivalent nurses employed by West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust in each year from September 2009 to September 2021.
September 2009 | 596 |
September 2010 | 609 |
September 2011 | 612 |
September 2012 | 630 |
September 2013 | 670 |
September 2014 | 683 |
September 2015 | 732 |
September 2016 | 759 |
September 2017 | 758 |
September 2018 | 798 |
September 2019 | 877 |
September 2020 | 963 |
September 2021 | 1,009 |
Asked by: Dan Poulter (Conservative - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent nurses are employed by East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust, and its predecessor trusts, in each year since 2009-10.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care or in general practice surgeries, local authorities or other providers.
In July 2018, Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust merged with Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust to form East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. The following table shows the number of full time equivalent (FTE) nurses employed by Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust and Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust from September 2009 to September 2017.
| Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust | Total |
September 2009 | 868 | 833 | 1,701 |
September 2010 | 873 | 857 | 1,729 |
September 2011 | 865 | 872 | 1,737 |
September 2012 | 836 | 903 | 1,739 |
September 2013 | 850 | 961 | 1,811 |
September 2014 | 872 | 949 | 1,821 |
September 2015 | 905 | 1,017 | 1,923 |
September 2016 | 981 | 964 | 1,944 |
September 2017 | 1,010 | 940 | 1,950 |
The following table shows the number of FTE nurses employed by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust from September 2018 to September 2021.
September 2018 | 2,208 |
September 2019 | 2,325 |
September 2020 | 2,415 |
September 2021 | 2,644 |
Asked by: Dan Poulter (Conservative - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent nurses are employed by Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation, and its predecessor trusts, in each year since 2009-10.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care or in general practice surgeries, local authorities or other providers.
The following table shows the number of full time equivalent nurses employed by Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in September of each year between 2009 and 2021.
September 2009 | 1,489 |
September 2010 | 1,581 |
September 2011 | 1,603 |
September 2012 | 1,604 |
September 2013 | 1,655 |
September 2014 | 1,673 |
September 2015 | 1,680 |
September 2016 | 1,683 |
September 2017 | 1,804 |
September 2018 | 1,838 |
September 2019 | 1,934 |
September 2020 | 2,102 |
September 2021 | 2,094 |
Note:
The data is sourced from NHS Digital’s NHS HCHS workforce statistics. Data on the National Health Service workforce is drawn from the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). The ESR is the HR and payroll system for the NHS.
Asked by: Dan Poulter (Conservative - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent nurses are employed by all NHS trusts in the East of England in each year since 2009-10.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care or in general practice surgeries, local authorities or other providers.
The following table shows the number of full time equivalent nurses employed by all National Health Service trusts in the East of England in each year from September 2009 to September 2021.
September 2009 | 25,276 |
September 2010 | 25,721 |
September 2011 | 25,693 |
September 2012 | 24,470 |
September 2013 | 24,280 |
September 2014 | 24,528 |
September 2015 | 24,374 |
September 2016 | 25,228 |
September 2017 | 25,199 |
September 2018 | 25,524 |
September 2019 | 26,673 |
September 2020 | 28,112 |
September 2021 | 29,290 |
Asked by: Dan Poulter (Conservative - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent nurses are employed by James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and its predecessor trusts, in each year since 2009-10.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care or in general practice surgeries, local authorities or other providers.
The following table shows the number of full time equivalent nurses employed by James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in each year from September 2009 to September 2021.
September 2009 | 641 |
September 2010 | 645 |
September 2011 | 648 |
September 2012 | 632 |
September 2013 | 674 |
September 2014 | 701 |
September 2015 | 692 |
September 2016 | 687 |
September 2017 | 712 |
September 2018 | 708 |
September 2019 | 709 |
September 2020 | 803 |
September 2021 | 867 |
Asked by: Dan Poulter (Conservative - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mental health support is available for people experiencing trauma who have emigrated to the UK from Eritrea.
Answered by Gillian Keegan - Secretary of State for Education
Whilst there is no targeted support nationally for any one nationality, such as Eritreans, or ethnic groups, the Government is committed to ensuring mental health support, including support for people experiencing trauma, can be accessed by all who need it. We are working closely with National Health Service (NHS) mental health commissioners, providers, and local authorities to improve the ways in which such patients engage with and experience support for their mental health.
The Department is committed through the NHS Long Term Plan to invest at least an additional £2.3 billion of a year into expanding and transforming mental health services by 2023-24. The Plan also outlines ways to address inequalities in access and outcomes for groups with protected characteristics including ethnicity as outlined in the Advancing mental Health strategy published by NHS England and NHS Improvement, and is available at the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/advancing-mental-health-equalities-strategy/.