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Written question asked by Dan Poulter (Conservative) on Monday, 4 September 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 6 September 2017. It was answered by Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative) on Tuesday, 12 September 2017 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Psychiatric Nurses

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent mental health nurses have been employed by the NHS in each year since 2006-07.

Answer

Workforce statistics are regularly published by NHS Digital across all professions and are publically available at:

https://digital.nhs.uk/article/6679/2017

Latest figures requested specifically have been provided as follows:

As at May 2017 there were 7,034 (fte) clinical psychology staff, 8,805 psychiatrists (fte), and 38,807 mental health nurses (fte)


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
7307
Session
2017-19
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Psychiatric nurses
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk