Learning Disability: Nurses
(asked on 12th April 2021) - View Source
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 by the NHS in learning disabilities care settings in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in social care, primary care, local authorities or private sector providers commissioned by the NHS.
The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) HCHS nurses working in learning disability care settings from September 2010 to September 2020.
| Nurses (FTE) |
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 |
September 2018 | 3,234 |
September 2019 | 3,171 |
September 2020 | 3,221 |
Source: NHS Digital, NHS HCHS workforce statistics.