Publication, Part of NHS workforce statistics
NHS Workforce Statistics - August 2025 (Including selected preliminary statistics for September 2025)
Official statistics
Following the successful production of data 8 weeks after period end (instead of the current 12 weeks after period end), we will be moving to a single set of data files produced via new data processing methods. This November publication is the last to contain a set of dual outputs, and from January, outputs will be in the format of the files currently labelled as ‘Preliminary’.
The next publication on 8 January 2026 will include data for both 12 and 8 weeks after period end, in the new format, to allow the adoption of a new publication timetable. Therefore, both the September 2025 and October 2025 data months will be released on this date and will no longer be labelled as 'Preliminary'.
From 29 January 2026 onwards (November 2025 data month) a single set of data files will be published each month, 8 weeks after period end.
27 November 2025 09:30 AM
Summary
This report shows monthly numbers of NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) staff working in NHS Trusts and other core organisations in England (excluding primary care staff). Data are available as headcount and full-time equivalents 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. Additional statistics on staff in NHS Trusts and other core organisations and information for NHS Support Organisations and Central Bodies are published each:
September (showing June statistics)
December/January (showing September statistics)
March (showing December statistics)
June (showing March statistics)
Quarterly NHS Staff Earnings, monthly NHS Staff Sickness Absence reports, and data relating to the General Practice 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)
All NHS Hospital & Community Health Service (HCHS) staff
1,374,032 FTE in August 2025. This is 1.9% (25,448) more than in August 2024.
Professionally qualified clinical staff*
Professionally qualified clinical staff make up over half (54.2%) of the FTE HCHS workforce.
September 2025 Preliminary Statistics
Resources
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