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<p>The following table shows the numbers of qualified nurses (excluding health visitors),
district nurses and health visitors in the NHS in England since May 2010. It covers
nurses and midwives working in community based services, determined by the area of
work in which they perform the greatest share of their duties. It does not necessarily
indicate the setting in which they work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since May 2010
the overall number of nurses has increased by 3,379 (1.1%). As part of the Government's
response to the Francis Inquiry, many of these increased nurses have been in hospital
settings. However, the Government's longer term ambition is to train increasing numbers
with the skills to work across all clinical settings. The Mandate to Health Education
England recognises the need for a greater emphasis on community, primary and multi-integrated
health and care, requiring working in multidisciplinary teams to break down barriers
between primary and secondary care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Health Education
England is responsible for delivering a better health and healthcare workforce for
England and for ensuring a secure future supply. This year Health Education England
has increased the number of training places for district nurses by 7.2%.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England is also taking a number of other measures
to increase the number of nurses working in the community. These include running a
campaign to encourage registered nurses who have left to come back to work for the
NHS, taking action to reduce attrition from training, encouraging more nurses to work
in the community, and ensure that they have the most up to date knowledge and skills
to provide high quality care for people with complex healthcare needs across all care
settings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has also commissioned the Queen’s
Nursing Institution to develop a workforce planning tool to support local areas in
making sure they have the right number of community nurses for their needs.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Qualified
nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff, and qualified nursing and health visiting
staff working in 'Community-based Services' in the following <em>Areas of Work </em>in
England<em>:</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community Services</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community Psychiatry</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community
Learning Disabilities</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td
colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>School Nursing</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Full
Time Equivalent</p></td><td><p>May 2010</p></td><td><p>June 2014</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Change
May 2010 - June 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All qualified nurses, midwives and health
visitors (including the health visitor minimum dataset)</p></td><td><p>310,794</p></td><td><p>314,173</p></td><td
colspan="3"><p>3,379 1.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>Community-based Services</p></td><td><p>69,611</p></td><td><p>66,969</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>-2,643</p></td><td><p>-3.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which:</em></p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community-based
Services (excluding Health Visitors and District Nurses)</p></td><td><p>53,706</p></td><td><p>51,448</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>-2,258</p></td><td><p>-4.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>District
Nurses</p></td><td><p>7,813</p></td><td><p>5,590</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-2,223</p></td><td><p>-28.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health
Visitors</p></td><td><p>8,092</p></td><td><p>9,930</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,838</p></td><td><p>22.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="5"><p><em>Source</em>: Health and Social Care Information Centre Provisional
Monthly Workforce Statistics June 2014</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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