NHS England workforce vacancies by staff group 2023

In England, there were over 43 thousand vacancies within the NHS nursing workforce in the first quarter of 2023/24. In this quarter, there were 10.9 thousand vacancies among medical staff and a further 71.4 thousand vacancies among other NHS staff.

Number of vacancies in the NHS workforce in England from Q1 2018/19 to Q1 2023/24, by staff group

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Release date

August 2023

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

June 2018 to March 2023

Supplementary notes

Numbers for 'other staff' vacancy were calculated using provided data.
A vacancy is defined as a post that is unfilled by permanent or fixed-term staff. Some vacant posts may be filled by agency or temporary staff, but these posts are still considered to be vacancies.
The number of vacancies is the difference between the number of reported full-time equivalent (FTE) permanent or fixed-term staff in post and planned workforce levels (i.e. the total funded or budgeted establishment on an FTE basis). The number of vacancies is on an FTE basis.

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