Summary

All NHS Staff refers to those directly employed by the NHS in Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) and by GP practices contracted to the NHS. It excludes high street dentists and ophthalmic practitioners.

This publication is made up of three main staff group areas, which can be found by following the links:

• Non-Medical staff 1996 - 2006
• Medical and Dental staff 1996 - 2006
• General Practice staff 1996 - 2006

Top line figures:

Of the 1.3 million staff in the NHS:

Over 80% (1.13 million) are front line staff. Of these, 60% (675,000) are professionally qualified clinical staff, e.g 126,000 doctors and 398,000 qualified nurses. They are supported by 454,000 staff in trusts and GP practices.

The remainder (209,000) are NHS infrastructure support staff, with nearly a half (102,000) of them in central functions, just over a third (71,000) in hotel, property & estates and just under a fifth (37,000) are managers.