Written question asked by Jeremy Hunt (Conservative) on Friday, 6 November 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 11 November 2020 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Wednesday, 11 November 2020. A substantive answer was provided by Helen Whately (Conservative) on Thursday, 17 December 2020 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Learning Disability and Mental Health Services: Nurses
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) mental health and (b) learning disability nurses were employed in the NHS in each year from 2010 to 2020.
- Answer
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NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups but not staff working in primary care, local authorities or other providers.
The following table shows the number of mental health and learning disability nurses, full time equivalent (FTE) employed in the National Health Service as at September each year along with the latest figure as of July 2020.
Mental health nurses (FTE)
Learning disabilities nurses (FTE)
September 2010
40,247
5,137
September 2011
39,024
4,667
September 2012
38,135
4,311
September 2013
37,397
4,035
September 2014
36,581
3,776
September 2015
35,671
3,577
September 2016
35,488
3,442
September 2017
35,390
3,305
September 2018
35,835
3,234
September 2019
36,696
3,186
July 2020
37,421
3,217
Source: NHS HCHS monthly workforce statistics, NHS Digital - July 2020
Notes:
Mental health and learning disability service provision is also commissioned by the NHS from private sector providers. The figures do not reflect staffing in the private sector.
Further information, including on different methodologies for counting the mental health workforce, is published by NHS Digital at the following link:
Secondary information
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- Written question
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- 91856
- Session
- 2019-21
- Subjects
- Disability Learning disability Nurses Mental health services
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- Yes
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