NHS: Staff
(asked on 5th March 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) non-medical staff, and (2) managerial staff, were employed by the NHS in each year between 2007 and 2017.
NHS Digital publishes workforce statistics and the following table shows the number of full time equivalent (FTE) non-medical staff and managerial staff employed in the National Health Service trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in England between September 2007 and September 2017.
NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): Non-medical staff and managerial staff in NHS trusts and CCGs in England as at 30 September of each specified year
Year | All non-medical staff (FTE) | of which: managerial staff (FTE) |
2017 | 943,961 | 31,955 |
2016 | 930,923 | 30,592 |
2015 | 909,720 | 29,549 |
2014 | 891,028 | 27,845 |
2013 | 872,125 | 26,515 |
2012 | 876,347 | 31,143 |
2011 | 895,077 | 32,335 |
2010 | 915,087 | 35,219 |
2009 | 906,888 | 37,579 |
2008 | 901,955 | 37,937 |
2007 | 870,267 | 34,955 |
Source: NHS Digital monthly workforce statistics
Notes:
Non-medical staff includes all hospital and community health services staff in trusts and CCGs, both clinically qualified and support staff, within the broad areas of ambulance staff; administrative and estates staff; healthcare assistants and support staff; nurses, health visitors and midwives; scientific, therapeutic and technical staff (including allied health professionals) and healthcare scientific staff.
Managerial staff include senior managers and managers.
Due to the change in methodology figures for 2007 and 2008 are not directly comparable to figures from September 2009 onwards. Figures for 2007 and 2008 also include support organisations and central bodies.