Ambulance personnel and trainees in NHS workforce England 2009-2023

In England, the number of ambulance personnel and trainees generally increased from 2009 to 2023, reaching over 20 thousand full-time equivalent employees in November of the latest year, the highest number recorded so far. The considerable increase from 2018 to 2019 is attributed to changes in methodology. This statistic shows the total number of ambulance personnel and trainees in the National Health Service (NHS) Hospitals and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce in England from 2009 to 2023, as of November of each year.

Total number of ambulance personnel and trainees in the NHS Hospitals and Community Health Service (HCHS) workforce in England from 2009 to 2023

Characteristic	Number of support staff
2023	20,928
2022	20,044
2021	19,232
2020	18,675
2019	17,723
2018	8,293
2017	8,067
2016	8,387
2015	8,202
2014	7,645
2013	6,868
2012	6,611
2011	6,946
2010	7,342
2009	7,270

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Release date

February 2024

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Region

Europe, United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2009 to 2023

Special properties

Full-time equivalents as of November of each year

Supplementary notes

Note: From April 2019 the Ambulance Staff matrix of the NHS Occupation Code manual has undergone a significant change to identify staff in greater detail especially by Care Setting.
The source has about likely fluctuation in data.
Further information on these changes can be found in version 16.1 of the NHS Occupation Code Manual: https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/areas-of-interest/workforce/nhs-occupation-codes

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