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<p>Mental health nurses are not identified separately in the Health and Social Care
Information Centre’s (HSCIC) workforce statistics. Mental health nurses work predominantly
in psychiatric services but also across a range of settings and the independent sector.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the full time equivalent number of
nurses who work in the community psychiatry and other psychiatry areas of work in
the National Health Service in each of the last five years. The data is taken from
the HSCIC’s monthly workforce statistics and is for 31 August in each year.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Nurses working in Community Psychiatry and
Other Psychiatry August 2010 to August 2014</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Number of Full-time Equivalent
Nurses in England as at 31 August</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Area of Work</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community
Psychiatry</p></td><td><p>15,999</p></td><td><p>15,572</p></td><td><p>15,677</p></td><td><p>15,651</p></td><td><p>15,404</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other
Psychiatry</p></td><td><p>25,372</p></td><td><p>24,517</p></td><td><p>23,649</p></td><td><p>22,977</p></td><td><p>22,405</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><em>Source:</em> Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p>
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