NHS HCHS workforce by staff group England 2023

As of July 2023, the NHS in England employed a total of 1.45 million staff members (headcount: counting each individual staff member), including 143 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 July 2023, by staff group.

Total headcount of the NHS Hospitals and Community Health Service (HCHS) workforce in England as of July 2023, by staff group

Characteristic	Number of employees
Total	1,450,465
HCHS doctors	142,930
Consultant	59,296
Associate Specialist	2,536
Specialty Doctor	9,781
Staff Grade	389
Specialty Registrar	34,121
Core Training	19,598
Foundation Doctor Year 2	6,477
Foundation Doctor Year 1	8,221
Hospital Practitioner / Clinical Assistant	1,710
Other and Local HCHS Doctor Grades	1,259
Nurses & health visitors	373,389
Midwives	26,984
Ambulance staff	20,218
Scientific, therapeutic & technical staff	185,882
Support to doctors, nurses & midwives	341,144
Support to ambulance staff	28,307
Support to ST&T staff	92,498
Central functions	120,658
Hotel, property & estates	80,324
Senior managers	13,806
Managers	26,450
Other staff or those with unknown classification	589

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Release date

October 2023

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

July 2023

Supplementary notes

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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