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Health Services: Foreign Nationals

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 21 November 2025UIN 86903

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many overseas visitor managers are employed by the NHS.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The Department does not hold the data requested. NHS England publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics for England, which are available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-workforce-statistics

The data is drawn from the Electronic Staff Record, the human resources system for the National Health Service. The level of detail available in the data is not enough to be able to identify staff who are locally in roles described as ‘Overseas Visitor Managers’ or similar.

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