UK Medical Workforce Statistics

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UK Nursing and Healthcare statistics

This blogpost is aimed at providing some insight into different elements of the UK Nursing and Healthcare workforce. You might be an overseas qualified Healthcare Professional considering your future endeavours, looking at different countries you could move to and apply your skills.

The workforce of the NHS is diverse and growing steadily but not fast enough to meet the demand, due to this fact overseas recruitment is a very effective way to solve the shortage, this could be you! We at IELTS Medical will guide you all the way.

In this blogpost some statistics of the UK Healthcare workforce are included. Elements such as areas of practise, nationality and race. This will likely be beneficial to you, especially in terms of what regions appeal to you and which Healthcare jobs you want to do.

 

Top 5 hospitals in the UK

1-      St Thomas – London

2-      University College Hospital – London

3-      Addenbrokes – Cambridge

4-      Guys Hospital – London

5-      John Radcliffe Hospital – Oxford

 

These hospitals are all relatively southern in terms of the UK, however numbers 7 and 8 on this list are both in Newcastle. This shows high ranking hospitals are not exclusively based in the South of the UK and quality care is provided all over the country.

There are many regions with high quality healthcare provision to choose from in the UK, deciding where to try and work may come down to factors such as demographics of the local area and how much you like the scenery and pace of life. Life in cities such as London or Manchester will be a lot more rapid and frantic than living in a town such as Hereford or Harrogate, personal preference will determine which style of life suits you best.

 

Diversity in the UK Healthcare Industry

The UK healthcare industry is very diverse, with professionals being of all races and nationalities. The top 5 most common nationalities (other than native British) found within the UK healthcare sector.

1-      Indian – 45,000

2-      Filipino – 30,000

3-      Nigerian – 15,000

4-      Polish – 10,000

5-      Portuguese – 8,000

This shows that you will encounter many different ethnicities while on UK wards, as an overseas qualified healthcare professional it can be reassuring to know that there will be people who have been through the same training processes as you and can share their experiences with you. Even if there are not many people from the same country or region as you, the shared experiences of being overseas qualified and adapting to working life here will still be helpful to you.

136,000 of the Nurses on the NMC register are from outside the EU, this shows that whilst the UK is in Europe so many healthcare professionals come from further afield which makes the UK healthcare sector diverse and representative of modern society.

Solving the Shortage

As of the end of 2022, 39,650 roles in the sector need to be filled, and international recruitment will be a huge factor in this.

Book your training with us today, let’s stop the UK shortage!

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