Publication, Part of NHS workforce statistics
NHS Workforce Statistics - March 2021 (Including selected provisional statistics for April 2021)
Official statistics
Please note: Due to operational reasons the provisional statistics data file for April 2021 which contains high level staff numbers, released a month ahead of the full April publication, was not published on 1st July. The file was made available on the 6th July, we apologise for any inconvenience this caused.
1 July 2021 09:30 AM
Data Summary
Tables containing the data are published in Excel or CSV formats on the NHS Digital website and include the following on a monthly basis:
Excel tables
- National level tables of headcount (HC) and FTE by major staff groups – time series
- Region and organisation staff numbers (HC and FTE), including medical grades and staff groups – latest month only
- Total staff (HC and FTE) by organisation – time series
- Staff groups (FTE) by care setting and level – time series
- Doctors (FTE) by grade and specialty – time series
- Organisation turnover benchmarking tools (HC and FTE) – time series
- National level tables (FTE & Headcount) of main staff groups and FTE Nurses in HCHS and GP settings – Provisional
CSV files
- Medical staff (FTE) by grade, specialty and organisation – latest month only
- NHS staff (excluding medical) (FTE) by staff group, care setting, level and organisation – latest month only
- Staff groups (HC and FTE) by:
- NHS England regions – time series (all months)
- Organisation – time series (specified months)
Additional data tables are produced quarterly including:
- Job Role and Area of Work
- Nationality
- Equality and Diversity characteristics
- Mental Health workforce
- Turnover from the NHS by staff group and NHS England region
- Reasons for leaving
- Summary data for staff in NHS Support Organisations and Central Bodies
Last edited: 6 July 2021 9:35 am