Social Workers

(asked on 22nd June 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many social workers are directly employed by the NHS in adult social care.


Answered by
Jackie Doyle-Price Portrait
Jackie Doyle-Price
This question was answered on 29th June 2017

Most social workers are not employed by the National Health Service, however there are a small number who work within the Social Services care setting.

As of March 2017 NHS Digital data shows there are 4,144 full time equivalent social workers directly employed by the NHS.

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