NHS England workforce vacancy rate by staff group 2022

In December 2021, the vacancy rate of the NHS workforce in England stood at 8.3 percent. The NHS vacancy rate in the third quarter or 2021/2022 was 10.3 percent within the nursing workforce and 5.8 percent among doctors. Vacancy figures decreased in March 2020, which corresponds to the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the recruitment activity within the NHS remains somewhat disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, a slight increase in vacancies took place in the third quarter of 2021 compared to the same period the previous year.

Vacancy rate of the NHS workforce in England from 2018/19 Q1 to 2021/22 Q3, by staff group

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Release date

March 2022

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

June 2018 to December 2021

Supplementary notes

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. The vacancy rate is a calculation of the FTE number of vacancies as a percentage of planned FTE workforce levels.

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