NHS: Migrant Workers
(asked on 5th July 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many non-UK EU citizens work in the NHS in England.
This question was answered on 13th July 2017
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.
As of 31 March 2017, latest data available, there are now 61,934 (headcount) European Union nationals (excluding United Kingdom), or 5.2% employed in the NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups.