Workforce data hub

Around 1.4 million people make up the NHS workforce in England, all contributing towards its overall effectiveness. Staffing is the single largest cost within the health system, so efforts to improve quality and reduce costs are often dependent on workforce data.

Official statistics on the NHS Workforce across primary and secondary care, and the important systems that support them including the National Workforce Dataset (NWD), data quality routines and data collection guidance materials can be found within the separate page headings below.

Electronic Staff Record Data Quality Reports (WoVEn)

The Workforce Validation Engine (WoVEn) is a monthly data quality report on data in the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This is sent to individual organisations, allowing them to correct their data at source. It also provides national rankings for data quality scores against an agreed list of criteria.

Workforce information Directions 2019

A Direction given by the Secretary of State for health requiring NHS England to establish and operate a system to be known as the Workforce Information System requiring NHS England for the collection and analysis of workforce data.