NHS Workforce Statistics May 2020

Tables containing the data are published in Excel or CSV formats on the NHS Digital website and include the following on a monthly basis:

Excel tables

• National level tables of headcount (HC) and FTE by major staff groups – time series
• Region and organisation staff numbers (HC and FTE), including medical grades and staff groups – latest month only
• Total staff (HC and FTE) by organisation – time series
• Staff groups (FTE) by care setting and level – time series
• Doctors (FTE) by grade and specialty – time series
• Organisation turnover benchmarking tools (HC and FTE) – time series

CSV files

• Medical staff (FTE) by grade, specialty and organisation – latest month only
• NHS staff (excluding medical) (FTE) by staff group, care setting, level and organisation – latest month only
• Staff groups (HC and FTE) by:

1. NHS England regions – time series (all months)
2. Organisation – time series (specified months)

The following data are produced on a quarterly basis:

• Reasons for leaving (all staff)
• Additional quarterly data for staff in NHS trusts, CCGs and support organisations.

There are also occasional one-off special/in-depth reports such as the mental health workforce report most recently published in March 2019 and statistics on pay equality by gender and ethnicity published in June 2019.