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<p>We remain committed to growing the mental health workforce to achieve the ambitions
set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.</p><p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community
Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital
trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), but not staff working in primary
care, local authorities or other providers.</p><p>There is no data available which
identifies staff who provide one-to-one support. The following table shows the total
number of full time equivalent (FTE) staff with a mental health occupation code who
provide support to clinical staff in the trusts and CCGs as at September each year
since 2017 along with the latest figure, June 2020.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>HCHS
mental health support to clinical staff, FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>2,394</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September
2018</p></td><td><p>2,516</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2019</p></td><td><p>2,871</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June
2020</p></td><td><p>3,256</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital, NHS
HCHS workforce statistics – HCHS staff in National Health Service trusts and CCGs
June 2020. Mental health workforce, FTE.</p>
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