Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many nurses were employed in Harrogate District and North Yorkshire in (a) 2013-2014, (b) 2014-2015 and (c) 2016-2017.
NHS Digital publishes workforce statistics and the following table shows the number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Hospital and Community Health Service nurses and health visitors in Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, which is the main service provider for north Yorkshire, each year from 2013 to 2017.
NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): Nurses and health visitors as at 31 October each specified year (FTE).
FTE | October 2013 | October 2014 | October 2015 | October 2016 | October 2017 |
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust | 766 | 830 | 789 | 1,092 | 1,081 |
Source: NHS Digital HCHS workforce statistics