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<p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics.
These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups,
but not staff working in primary care, local authorities or other providers.</p><p>
</p><p>The following table shows the number of nurses and health visitors who have
left National Health Service employment as at 31 October, in the last five years,
headcount.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nurses and health visitors
that have left National Health Service employment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October
2013 – October 2014</p></td><td><p>29,723</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2014 – October
2015</p></td><td><p>32,345</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2015 – October 2016</p></td><td><p>33,466</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October
2016 – October 2017</p></td><td><p>33,506</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2017 – October
2018</p></td><td><p>32,362</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital</p><p>
</p><p>Notes:</p><p>These figures include nurses moving to roles in primary care and
social care.</p>
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