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
Data Summary
Tables containing the data are published in Excel or CSV formats on our 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
- National level tables (FTE & Headcount) of main staff groups and FTE Nurses in HCHS and GP settings – Preliminary
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:
- NHS England regions – time series (all months)
- Integrated Care System areas - time series (specified months)
- Organisation – time series (specified months)
Additional data tables are produced quarterly including:
- Job Role and Area of Work
- Nationality
- Equality and Diversity characteristics
- Mental Health workforce
- Turnover from the NHS by staff group and NHS England region
- Reasons for leaving
- Summary data for staff in NHS Support Organisations and Central Bodies
Last edited: 27 November 2025 9:31 am