Change in NHS hospital doctor and nurse numbers since 2009

Source: Institute for Government analysis of NHS Digital, ‘NHS workforce statistics, Doctors by grade and specialty’, June 2025 and NHS Digital, ‘NHS workforce statistics, Staff group, care setting and level’ ('Nurses and midwives' table), June 2025.Notes: Figures relate to England. The chart shows data for doctors working in hospital and community settings in the NHS. It shows the sum of adult and children’s nurses working in the NHS, but not nurses working in community settings. Details of how figures have been produced are provided in the Methodology chapter.Get the data Download image
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