Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many non-UK EU national mental health care workers there were in the NHS in each of the last five years.

NHS Digital publishes data on the nationality of staff working in the National Health Service in England. Nationality is self-reported within the NHS human resources and payroll system, the electronic staff record.

The March 2017 data is the most recent data available, therefore to account for seasonality data is shown as at each March for the previous years requested.

Information does not separately identify mental health care workers. The information in the table below covers all care workers in the area of psychiatry, psychology and learning disability.

NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): All specified care workers in England who declared their nationality as European Union nationals as at 31 March each specified year, full-time equivalent (FTE).

Source: NHS Digital, NHS HCHS workforce statistics.

All specified care workers include: Qualified nursing and health visiting staff (Community Psychiatry, Other Psychiatry, Community Learning Disabilities and Other Learning Disabilities). Qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical staff (STPT) (includes Clinical psychology and Psychotherapy), Support to doctors and nursing staff (includes Community Psychiatry, Other Psychiatry, Community Learning Disabilities and Other Learning Disabilities), Support to ST&T staff (includes Clinical psychology and Psychotherapy