AQW 18486/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 17789/17-22, to detail the number of (i) nurses and (ii) midwives that have joined Health and Social Care Trusts in each of the last five years.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 6 May 2021
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 6 May 2021
- Answer due by
- 21 May 2021
- Answered
- 18 May 202112 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Information on the number of registered nurses and midwives joining Health and Social Care (HSC) organisations in each of the last five years is provided in the table below. The information presented has been calculated by comparing snapshots of directly employed HSC staff in post at 31 March each year, for example those who appeared on the March 2020 dataset but not March 2019 were classed as joiners in 2019/20. Not all joiners will be newly qualified, as some could be taking up employment in HSC organisations having left another part of the wider health & social care system e.g. general practice or nursing home care. Figures presented may exclude some short-term staff who were not captured on one or both datasets.
Registered Nursing & Midwifery Staff Joining HSC organisations in each year
| Year | Registered Nurses | Registered Midwives |
| 2015/16 | 1,054 | 55 |
| 2016/17 | 1,038 | 77 |
| 2017/18 | 1,061 | 69 |
| 2018/19 | 1,162 | 65 |
| 2019/20 | 1,393 | 70 |
Source: Human Resources, Payroll, Travel & Subsistence (HRPTS) system