Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many non-UK EU nationals were employed by the NHS in oncology in each of the last three years.
NHS Digital publishes workforce statistics and the following table shows the headcount figure of non-United Kingdom European Union nationals employed by the National Health Service in oncology at 31 August 2014 to 2017.
NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): Staff working in the NHS in oncology as at 31 August each specified year (Headcount).
Staff in oncology (Headcount) | August-2014 | August-2015 | August-2016 | August-2017 |
Non-UK EU nationals | 573 | 678 | 813 | 854 |
Source: NHS Digital monthly HCHS workforce statistics