NHS workforce in FTE by staff group England 2023

As of July 2023, the National Health Service (NHS) in England employed a total of 1.29 million staff members on a full-time equivalent (FTE) basis, including 134 thousand HCHS doctors. This is less than the number of NHS staff on a headcount basis as not all employees work full-time. This makes the NHS the largest employer in England. This statistic shows the number of staff on a FTE basis in the NHS Hospitals and Community Health Services (HCHS) in England as of July 2023, by staff group.

Number of staff on a full-time equivalent (FTE) basis in NHS Hospitals and Community Health Service (HCHS) in England as of July 2023, by staff group

Characteristic	Number of employees
Total	1,292,820
HCHS doctors	134,027
Consultant	55,045
Associate Specialist	2,257
Specialty Doctor	8,671
Staff Grade	352
Specialty Registrar	32,500
Core Training	19,168
Foundation Doctor Year 2	6,427
Foundation Doctor Year 1	8,192
Hospital Practitioner / Clinical Assistant	605
Other and Local HCHS Doctor Grades	810
Nurses & health visitors	336,164
Midwives	22,122
Ambulance staff	18,849
Scientific, therapeutic & technical staff	163,707
Support to doctors, nurses & midwives	295,684
Support to ambulance staff	25,835
Support to ST&T staff	81,687
NHS infrastructure support	214,192
Central functions*	110,801
Hotel, property & estates*	64,717
Senior managers*	13,257
Managers*	25,417

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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.
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.
* Part of NHS infrastructure support

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