Nurses: Resignations
(asked on 12th February 2019) - 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 have left the employment of the NHS in each of the last five years.
NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care, local authorities or other providers.
The following table shows the number of nurses and health visitors who have left National Health Service employment as at 31 October, in the last five years, headcount.
| Nurses and health visitors that have left National Health Service employment |
October 2013 – October 2014 | 29,723 |
October 2014 – October 2015 | 32,345 |
October 2015 – October 2016 | 33,466 |
October 2016 – October 2017 | 33,506 |
October 2017 – October 2018 | 32,362 |
Source: NHS Digital
Notes:
These figures include nurses moving to roles in primary care and social care.