Mental Health Services: Recruitment
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made increasing the levels of recruitment of mental heath staff.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock
The latest data shows that, as of June 2024, there are 152,533 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff in the mental health workforce. This includes only those people who work directly on mental health across National Health Service trusts and other core organisations.
June 2024 figures show over 8,800 more FTE staff in the mental workforce compared to June 2023, a 6.1% increase, and over 43,400, or 39.8%, more than since the March 2016 baseline.
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