As of February 2024, the NHS in England employed a total of 1.5 million staff members (headcount: counting each individual staff member), including 149 thousand HCHS doctors. This makes it the largest employer in England. In terms of staff groups, nurses (and health visitors) represented the biggest number, followed by support to doctors, nurses and midwives. This statistic shows the Headcount of the National Health Service (NHS) Hospitals and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce in England as of February 2024, by staff group.
Total headcount of the NHS Hospitals and Community Health Service (HCHS) workforce in England as of February 2024, by staff group
HCHS doctors include: Consultant, Associate Specialist, Specialty Doctor, Staff Grade, Specialty Registrar, Core Training, Foundation Doctor Year 2, Foundation Doctor Year 1, Hospital Practitioner / Clinical Assistant, and Other and Local HCHS Doctor Grades.
Headcount totals are not FTE and are unlikely to equal the sum of components due to some staff working in more than one role.
Full Time Equivalent (FTE) refers to the proportion of full time contracted hours that the post holder is contracted to work. 1 would indicate they work a full set of hours, 0.5 that they worked half time.
These data relate to the HCHS workforce directly employed in NHS Trusts and other core organizations who are paid.
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NHS. (May 29, 2024). Total headcount of the NHS Hospitals and Community Health Service (HCHS) workforce in England as of February 2024, by staff group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/679898/number-of-nhs-hchs-workforce-by-staff-group-england/
NHS. "Total headcount of the NHS Hospitals and Community Health Service (HCHS) workforce in England as of February 2024, by staff group." Chart. May 29, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/679898/number-of-nhs-hchs-workforce-by-staff-group-england/
NHS. (2024). Total headcount of the NHS Hospitals and Community Health Service (HCHS) workforce in England as of February 2024, by staff group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/679898/number-of-nhs-hchs-workforce-by-staff-group-england/
NHS. "Total Headcount of The Nhs Hospitals and Community Health Service (Hchs) Workforce in England as of February 2024, by Staff Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 May 2024, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/679898/number-of-nhs-hchs-workforce-by-staff-group-england/
NHS, Total headcount of the NHS Hospitals and Community Health Service (HCHS) workforce in England as of February 2024, by staff group Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/679898/number-of-nhs-hchs-workforce-by-staff-group-england/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Total headcount of the NHS Hospitals and Community Health Service (HCHS) workforce in England as of February 2024, by staff group [Graph], NHS, May 29, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/679898/number-of-nhs-hchs-workforce-by-staff-group-england/
