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Publication, Part of

NHS Workforce Statistics - June 2026

Official statistics

Publication Date:
27 Aug 2026
Geographic Coverage:
England
Geographical Granularity:
Ambulance Trusts, Care Trusts, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Hospital and Community Health Services, Hospital Trusts, Mental Health Trusts, NHS Trusts, Regions
Date Range:
30 Sep 2009 to 30 Jun 2026

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Introduction

Official Statistics in Development - release of data on the Community workforce

Following the first releases of data relating to the Community Workforce as standalone files within this publication, from next month they will be embedded within our standard publication resources. Therefore from next month the data in XLSX format will be found in Table 22 of our NHS HCHS Workforce Statistics, Trusts and core organisations - data tables file. The CSV data will be found in the NHS HCHS Workforce Statistics, Trusts and core organisations - CSV data files ZIP file.

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Summary

This report shows monthly numbers of NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) staff. The data is split between staff working in NHS Trusts and other core organisations in England (excluding primary care staff), and staff working in NHS support organisations and central bodies. Data are available as full-time equivalent and headcount and for all months from 30 September 2009 onwards.

These data are a summary of the validated data extracted from the NHS HR and Payroll system.

Monthly NHS Staff Earnings, monthly NHS Staff Sickness Absence reports, and data relating to the Primary Care workforce are also available via the Related Links below.

We welcome feedback on the methodology and tables within this publication. Please email us with your comments and suggestions, clearly stating Monthly HCHS Workforce as the subject heading, via [email protected] or 0300 303 5678.

Key Facts

Full-Time Equivalent (FTE)

is a standardised measure of the workload of an employed person and allows for the total workforce workload to be expressed in an equivalent number of full-time staff. 1.0 FTE equates to full-time work of 37.5 hours per week, an FTE of 0.5 would equate to 18.75 hours per week.

All staff in NHS Trusts and other core organisations

1,370,441 FTE in June 2026. This is 0.3% (4,116) less than in June 2025.

1,536,637 Headcount in June 2026. This is 0.3% (5,081) less than in June 2025.

Professionally qualified clinical staff* in NHS Trusts and other core organisations

Professionally qualified clinical staff make up over half (55.2%) of the FTE HCHS workforce.

755,801 FTE in June 2026. This is 1.9% (14,083) more than in June 2025.

 

837,474 Headcount in June 2026. This is 1.9% (15,471) more than in June 2025.

 

* This group includes all HCHS doctors, qualified nurses and health visitors, midwives, qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical staff and qualified ambulance staff.

Last edited: 28 August 2026 7:55 am