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Written question asked by Tim Loughton (Conservative) on Monday, 15 March 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 March 2021 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Thursday, 18 March 2021. A substantive answer was provided by Helen Whately (Conservative) on Monday, 22 March 2021 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Nurses: Recruitment

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many nurses have been recruited to the NHS since August 2019.

Answer

NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), but not staff working in primary care, local authorities or other providers.

The number of nurses and health visitors joining hospitals and CCGs between August 2019 and November 2020 was 50,904. This is based on headcount.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
168815
Session
2019-21
Subjects
NHS Recruitment Nurses
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk