Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses have been recruited by the NHS in the Midlands in each of the last three years.
The following table shows the headcount number of doctors, nurses and health visitors joining active service in National Health Service hospital trusts and commissioning bodies in the Midlands in each of the last three years.
| June 2019 to June 2020 | June 2020 to June 2021 | June 2021 to June 2022 |
Doctors | 4,405 | 3,790 | 4,186 |
Nurses and health visitors | 7,401 | 5,512 | 7,903 |
Source: NHS Digital, Quarterly Workforce Statistics June 2022
Note:
Joiners can include those returning to active service, such as from maternity leave or career breaks and those newly joining the NHS or joining from a different part of the health and social care system.