Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many non-UK EU nationals were employed by the NHS in dermatology in each of the last three years.
NHS Digital publishes workforce statistics and the following table shows the numbers of non-United Kingdom European Union nationals employed by the National Health Service in the following areas; Cardiology, Dermatology, Neurology and Obstetrics and Gynaecology at September 2015 – September 2017.
NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): Specified Staff as at 30 September each specified year (Headcount).
Group/Area (Headcount) | September-2015 | September-2016 | September-2017 |
Cardiology | 1,408 | 1,595 | 1,664 |
Dermatology | 217 | 229 | 244 |
Neurology | 467 | 514 | 523 |
Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 602 | 678 | 722 |