This question reveals a large build up in staff over the last three years. I will ask for more detail of who they are and what they are doing:
The Department of Health and Social Care has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (123838):
Question:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional non-medical staff have been recruited to the NHS since the end of 2019. (123838)
Tabled on: 16 January 2023
Answer:
Will Quince:
The following table shows the increase in number of full-time equivalent non-medical staff, by staff group, working in National Health Service trusts and commissioning bodies from the end of 2019 to the latest month that the data is available.
| Staff group | December 2019 | October 2022 | Change |
| Non-medical professionally qualified clinical staff | 479,815 | 527,280 | 47,465 (9.9%) |
| Support to clinical staff | 341,992 | 385,084 | 43,092 (12.6%) |
| NHS infrastructure support staff | 180,540 | 205,321 | 24,781 (13.7%) |
| Total non-medical staff | 1,002,347 | 1,117,685 | 115,338 (11.5%) |
The answer was submitted on 23 Jan 2023 at 17:57.
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