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<p>NHS Digital collects data on the number of joiners and leavers in National Health
Service trusts and clinical commissioning groups by nationality in England. The number
of European Union national joiners between 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2017 was 12,748
and the number of leavers was 9,854 resulting in a net increase of 2,894. During the
same period the total size of the workforce has increased, from 1,164,996 to 1,185,599.</p><p>
</p><p>Data on the number of EU national leavers from the NHS as a whole is not available
centrally.</p>
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