Nurses: Migrant Workers
(asked on 10th July 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses from (a) EU, (b) non-EU and (c) commonwealth countries are employed by the NHS; and how those numbers have changed in the last seven years.
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.
NHS Hospital and Community Health Services: Qualified Nursing and Health Visiting Staff in NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups as at 30 September each specified year and latest data as at 31 March 2017
Qualified Nursing and Health Visiting Staff (headcount) | European Union nationals (including United Kingdom) | Non-EU | Commonwealth Countries (excluding UK) |
2010 | 232,227 | 30,428 | 16,055 |
2011 | 238,459 | 29,030 | 15,360 |
2012 | 239,227 | 27,644 | 14,563 |
2013 | 248,828 | 26,285 | 13,779 |
2014 | 257,393 | 25,485 | 13,306 |
2015 | 264,938 | 25,032 | 12,750 |
2016 | 269,943 | 25,495 | 12,522 |
March 2017 | 273,120 | 25,882 | 12,609 |
Source: NHS Digital