6. WORKFORCE
6.1.2 How many (a) doctors (b) nurses (c)
midwives and (d) radiographers are projected to complete undergraduate
or pre-registration training in each of the next five years? How
many are projected to reach retirement age in each of the next
five years? Could the Department comment on relative trends? (Q71)
Answer
1. The information requested is given in
tables 71a and 71b.
2. The Department is now moving away from
rapid year-on-year growth in the NHS workforce to more of a steady
state where there is a closer match between affordable demand
and supply.
3. The Department expects workforce growth
to stabilise over the next few years and the numbers of nurses,
midwives and radiographers projected to complete undergraduate
or pre-registration training over the next five years reflects
this closer match.
4. Trusts retain the flexibility to secure
additional supply through international recruitment to fill specific
skills gaps.
Table 71a
TOTAL PROJECTED NEW GRADUATES EACH YEAR
|
| | 2009-10
| 2010-11 | 2011-12
| 2012-13 | 2013-14
|
|
| Nurses | 16,262
| 17,131 | 17,131
| 17,131 | 17,131
|
| Midwives | 1,757
| 1,799 | 1,799
| 1,799 | 1,799
|
| Theraputic radiographers | 185
| 185 | 214
| 190 | 228
|
| Diagnostic radiographers | 838
| 910 | 1,180
| 1,289 | 1,399
|
| Doctors | 5,876
| 6,040 | 6,064
| 6,064 | 6,091
|
|
Source:
Workforce Review Team, DH (WRT 2008 proformas)
|
Table 71b
TOTAL PROJECTED LEAVERS FROM THE WORKFORCE (RETIREMENT
PLUS ATTRITION) (1)
|
| | 2009-10
| 2010-11 | 2011-12
| 2012-13 | 2013-14
|
|
| Nurses | 19,056
| 19,462 | 19,721
| 19,833 | 20,123
|
| Midwives | 1,427
| 1,475 | 1,555
| 1,601 | 1,667
|
| Theraputic radiographers | 29
| 30 | 32
| 33 | 33
|
| Diagnostic radiographers | 178
| 252 | 248
| 286 | 315
|
| Doctors | 2,896
| 2,967 | 2,987
| 2,987 | 2,387
|
|
Source:
Workforce Review Team, DH (WRT 2008 proformas)
Footnotes:
1. Sourced from most recent WRT proformas available.
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