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<p>NHS England, formerly NHS Digital, publishes data quarterly on staff who leave
active service in National Health Service trusts. This will include people moving
to social care, primary care and private providers. The following table shows the
leaver rates and the number of nurses leaving the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
register and doctors who no longer hold a licence to practice on the General Medical
Council register in the United Kingdom. This is a better measure for understanding
numbers leaving the healthcare profession.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Doctors</p></td><td><p>Nurses</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>9,450
(3.8%)</p></td><td><p>27,552 (4.2%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>9,667
(3.7%)</p></td><td><p>25,801 (3.9%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>6,894
(2.5%)</p></td><td><p>22,508 (3.3%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>9,825
(3.5%)</p></td><td><p>24,480 (3.5%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>N.A</p></td><td><p>25,285
(3.5%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note: Nursing data is for the year to September
whilst Doctors data is for the year to December. Published GMC data does not provide
a breakdown by doctor grade. Percentages calculated by the Department. Rates for Nurses
have been calculated by dividing number of leavers by the number of registered nurses
for the year to September. Rates for Doctors have been calculated by dividing doctors
who no longer hold a licence by the number of total licenced doctors.</p><p>No specific
assessment has been made. However, the NHS workforce continues to grow. As at December
2022 there were 2,732 (4.3%) more full-time equivalent (FTE) junior doctors, 1,660
(3.2%) more FTE consultants, and 11,086 (3.6%) more FTE nurses in Hospital and Community
Health Settings than that the previous year.</p>
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