Nurses

(asked on 17th October 2018) - View Source
Questioner
Justin Madders Portrait
Justin Madders
(Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the age profile was of nurses working in the NHS in England in each of the last five years.

Answered by
Steve Barclay Portrait
Steve Barclay
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
This question was answered on 24th October 2018

NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), but not staff working in primary care or in general practitioner surgeries, local authorities or other providers.

The following table shows the number of registered midwives by five-year age band in National Health Service trusts and CCGs in England as at 30 September of each specified year and the latest data available, headcount:

2014

2015

2016

2017

June 2018

England

25,333

25,418

25,466

25,704

26,062

Under 25

1,159

1,156

1,149

1,194

1,342

25 to 29

2,677

2,949

3,205

3,425

3,473

30 to 34

2,892

2,909

3,007

3,175

3,363

35 to 39

2,880

3,046

3,147

3,270

3,337

40 to 44

3,159

3,059

3,004

2,963

3,005

45 to 49

4,425

3,995

3,622

3,341

3,195

50 to 54

4,611

4,664

4,585

4,459

4,298

55 to 59

2,519

2,558

2,656

2,731

2,834

60 to 64

835

893

916

987

1,045

65 and over

176

189

175

159

170

Source: NHS HCHS monthly workforce statistics, NHS Digital

The following table shows the number of qualified nurses and health visitors by five-year age band in NHS trusts and CCGs in England as at 30 September of each specified year and the latest data available, headcount:

2014

2015

2016

2017

June 2018

England

312,176

314,966

318,104

317,980

317,884

Under 25

14,542

15,704

15,581

14,017

12,865

25 to 29

32,207

35,233

38,472

39,425

39,140

30 to 34

32,129

32,524

33,634

35,551

37,369

35 to 39

41,837

40,086

38,391

36,997

36,122

40 to 44

48,888

48,332

47,494

45,982

44,650

45 to 49

50,781

48,965

48,020

47,800

47,804

50 to 54

49,447

49,877

50,115

49,518

48,881

55 to 59

29,390

30,532

31,605

32,557

33,518

60 to 64

10,545

11,161

12,167

13,348

14,581

65 and over

2,410

2,552

2,625

2,785

2,954

Source: NHS HCHS monthly workforce statistics, NHS Digital

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