NHS Workforce in other parts of the UK

The NES Datagroup provided support to the ONS health coherence project, which aims to provide guidance on using and interpreting health information published by each of the 4 nations of the UK.

As part of this project ONS produced an article summarising which organisations publish official statistics on the healthcare workforce, the size and makeup of the health workforce and differences in how the NHS workforce is structured in each nation. It also provides a summary of information available from the GMC and the NMC on the size of the registered workforce.

Official statistics are published on workers directly employed by NHS organisations for each UK country by:

• NHS England
• Welsh Government
• Department of Health (Northern Ireland)

Official statistics are published on the primary care workforce separately for each UK country by:

• NHS England
• Welsh Government for the general practice and dental workforce
• Business Services Organisation (Northern Ireland)