Staff numbers
Information on directly employed health & social care (HSC) staff now comes from the human resources, payroll, travel & subsistence system. This is used to provide a variety of statistics about staff numbers and turnover but also the profile of staff in terms of age, gender, organisation, grade, band and working pattern.
The provision of health services is devolved across the four nations of the UK. As a result, the way we measure and report official direct NHS/HSC employment in each nation differs. A joint statement on the coherence of these statistics, and advice on how and when to make comparisons across the UK has been published on the Analysis Function website.
Current publications
- Northern Ireland health and social care (HSC) workforce statistics March 2025
- Northern Ireland health and social care (HSC) workforce census March 2024
- Age profile of the HSCNI workforce December 2022
Previous publications
- Northern Ireland health and social care (HSC) workforce statistics December 2024
- Northern Ireland health and social care (HSC) workforce statistics September 2024
- Northern Ireland health and social care (HSC) workforce statistics June 2024
- Northern Ireland health and social care (HSC) workforce statistics June 2023 to March 2024
- Northern Ireland health and social care (HSC) workforce statistics June 2022 to March 2023
- Northern Ireland health and social care (HSC) workforce census March 2005 to March 2023
- Health and social care (HSC) staff changes summary 2011-2015
For older publications, use the publications search
Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).
Information sources
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