Written question asked by Lord Redwood (Conservative) on Monday, 16 January 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 18 January 2023. It was answered by Will Quince (Conservative) on Monday, 23 January 2023 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

NHS: Staff

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional non-medical staff have been recruited to the NHS since the end of 2019.

Answer

The following table shows the increase in number of full-time equivalent non-medical staff, by staff group, working in National Health Service trusts and commissioning bodies from the end of 2019 to the latest month that the data is available.

Staff group	December 2019	October 2022	Change
Non-medical professionally qualified clinical staff	479,815	527,280	47,465 (9.9%)
Support to clinical staff	341,992	385,084	43,092 (12.6%)
NHS infrastructure support staff	180,540	205,321	24,781 (13.7%)
Total non-medical staff	1,002,347	1,117,685	115,338 (11.5%)

Source: NHS Digital Workforce Statistics.

Note:

Non-medical professionally clinical qualified staff will include nurses, midwives, ambulance staff and scientific, therapeutic and technical staff.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 123838
Session: 2022-23
Subjects: Ancillary staff NHS Recruitment Managers
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

NHS: Staff

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