Learning Disability: Nurses
(asked on 16th May 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many learning disability nurses have been employed by the NHS in each year since 2010.
NHS Digital publishes workforce statistics. The following table shows the full time equivalent (FTE) figures for learning disabilities/difficulties nurses working in National Health Service trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in each of the last seven years.
Learning disabilities/ difficulties nurses in NHS trusts and CCGs in England as at 30 September each specified year and latest data available, (FTE).
| Learning Disabilities / Difficulties Nurses |
September 2010 | 5,137 |
September 2011 | 4,667 |
September 2012 | 4,311 |
September 2013 | 4,035 |
September 2014 | 3,776 |
September 2015 | 3,577 |
September 2016 | 3,442 |
September 2017 | 3,305 |
January 2018 | 3,350 |
Source: NHS Digital Monthly Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics
On 9 May we announced £10 million funding for incentives for postgraduate students who go on to work in mental health and learning disability fields, as well as those postgraduates who go on to work in community nursing roles. We are working closely with stakeholders on the roll out of the scheme.