Over 1.3 million people were employed by the NHS in June 2022 and 74.3% of them were white (out of people whose ethnicity was known).

Data showing the percentage of NHS staff from Asian, Black, Chinese, Mixed, White and Other ethnic groups. Data is broken down by ethnicity, type of role, and grade. This data is taken from NHS workforce statistics and is published on 'Ethnicity facts and figures'.

In every year covered by the data, a lower percentage of white NHS staff experienced discrimination than staff from all other ethnic groups combined.

The Health Survey for England is an annual survey of the health of the population. It has an annually repeating core accompanied by different topic modules each year. The focus of the 2004 report is on the health of minority ethnic groups with an emphasis on cardiovascular disease (CVD). The report also covers the behavioural risk factors associated with CVD such as drinking, smoking and eating habits and health status risk factors such as diabetes, blood pressure, and cholesterol. For children the emphasis is on respiratory health.

In 2019, over **** thousand nurses in the United Kingdom held an Asian nationality, while **** thousand nurses had an EU nationality. Furthermore, there were approximately **** thousand Asian doctors in the UK, and **** thousand doctors with an EU nationality. The highest amount of NHS workers from the rest of the World were working as support to clinical staff, with *** thousand categorized in this staff group.

Make up of non-UK NHS workers

The highest share of healthcare employees who were from the EU occur in the younger age groups, with almost ** thousand employees in the period 2016 to 2018 aged under 34 years of age. While, ** thousand health care workers in the UK aged between 35 and 44 years are from outside of the EU. ** thousand NHS employees working in London were EU nationals, the highest amount of any region in the UK although London is one the most populated and most diverse region in the UK.

Impact of Brexit

In 2019, it was found that almost ** percent of healthcare professionals in the UK knew at least one colleague considering leaving their job due to Brexit. While ****** percent knew a co-worker, who had already left because of the Brexit situation. Due to the large number of workers from the EU in the NHS, the service could be very vulnerable to Brexit and the potential of many employees leaving due to Brexit.

In England, discrimination is experienced far more commonly by doctors or dentists with an ethnic background other than white, with roughly ** percent of medical and dental practitioners of ethnic background saying they experienced discrimination from patients in 2024. Comparatively, only * percent of white doctors and dentists said so. The difference between ethnic groups and experiencing discrimination is even more pronounced among all staff groups in the NHS England.

The data shows the number of NHS staff working in NHS trusts and other core organisations in England, and the percentage from each ethnic group. Data is shown by: ethnicity ethnicity and staff group ethnicity (professionally qualified clinical staff) ethnicity and grade (hospital and community health services doctors)

This table provides statistical information about people in Canada by their demographic, social and economic characteristics as well as provide information about the housing units in which they live.

[ARCHIVED] Community Counts data is retained for archival purposes only, such as research, reference and record-keeping. This data has not been maintained or updated. Users looking for the latest information should refer to Statistics Canada’s Census Program (https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/index-eng.cfm?MM=1) for the latest data, including detailed results about Nova Scotia. This table reports ethnicity reported by residents. This data is sourced from the 2011 National Household Survey. Geographies available: provinces, counties, communities, municipalities, district health authorities, community health boards, economic regions, police districts, school boards, school areas, municipal electoral districts, provincial electoral districts, federal electoral districts, regional development authorities, watersheds

Percent of NHS staff by organisation, staff group, and ethnicity

A detailed view of the NHS non-medical workforce including nurses, scientists and support staff. Data for non-medical staff are an annual snapshot of staff excluding medical or dental doctors within the Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) of the NHS. The detailed results contain further data tables for 2011, including staff groups by age, gender and ethnicity and selected data by Strategic Health Authority and individual organisation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This report is one of three that make up the NHS Staff 2001 - 2011 publication, along with: Medical and Dental staff 2001 - 2011 General Practice Staff 2001 - 2011 For a general overview, see NHS Staff 2001 - 2011 Overview

NHS Hospital & Community Health Service (HCHS) workforce statistics - nationality by main staff group.

Update 2 March 2023: Following the merger of NHS Digital and NHS England on 1st February 2023 we are reviewing the future presentation of the NHS Outcomes Framework indicators. As part of this review, the annual publication which was due to be released in March 2023 has been delayed. Further announcements about this dataset will be made on this page in due course. This indicator measures the weighted percentage of people who report their experience of making a GP appointment as ‘fairly good’ or ‘very good’. This indicator aims to capture the experience of patients of accessing GP services. Some different patterns have been observed in the 2020/21 GP Patient Survey (GPPS) data which are likely to have been impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Statistics from this period should also be interpreted with care. Legacy unique identifier: P01781

Data for this publication are extracted each month as a snapshot in time from the Primary Care Registration database within the PDS (Personal Demographics Service) system. This release is an accurate snapshot as at 1 October 2024. GP Practice; Primary Care Network (PCN); Sub Integrated Care Board Locations (SICBL); Integrated Care Board (ICB) and NHS England Commissioning Region level data are released in single year of age (SYOA) and 5-year age bands, both of which finish at 95+, split by gender. In addition, organisational mapping data is available to derive PCN; SICBL; ICB and Commissioning Region associated with a GP practice and is updated each month to give relevant organisational mapping. Quarterly publications in January, April, July and October will include Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA) populations.

This table provides statistical information about people in Canada by their demographic, social and economic characteristics as well as provide information about the housing units in which they live.

Gegevens over het percentage NHS-personeelsleden van Aziatische, zwarte, Chinese, gemengde, witte en andere etnische groepen.

De gegevens worden uitgesplitst naar etniciteit, soort rol en rang.

Deze gegevens zijn ontleend aan de personeelsstatistieken van de NHS en zijn gepubliceerd op „Ethnicity facts and figures”.

• to provide annual data about the nation’s health;
• to estimate the proportion of people in England with specified health conditions;
• to estimate the prevalence of certain risk factors associated with these conditions;
• to examine differences between population subgroups in their likelihood of having specific conditions or risk factors;
• to assess the frequency with which particular combinations of risk factors are found, and which groups these combinations most commonly occur;
• to monitor progress towards selected health targets
• since 1995, to measure the height of children at different ages, replacing the National Study of Health and Growth;
• since 1995, monitor the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children.

The survey includes a number of core questions every year but also focuses on different health issues at each wave. Topics are revisited at appropriate intervals in order to monitor change.

Further information about the series may be found on the NHS Digital Health Survey for England; health, social care and lifestyles webpage, the NatCen Social Research NatCen Health Survey for England webpage and the University College London Health and Social Surveys Research Group UCL Health Survey for England webpage.

Changes to the HSE from 2015:
Users should note that from 2015 survey onwards, only the individual data file is available under standard End User Licence (EUL). The household data file is now only included in the Special Licence (SL) version, released from 2015 onwards. In addition, the SL individual file contains all the variables included in the HSE EUL dataset, plus others, including variables removed from the EUL version after the NHS England disclosure review. The SL HSE is subject to more restrictive access conditions than the EUL version (see Access information). Users are advised to obtain the EUL version to see if it meets their needs before considering an application for the SL version.

COVID-19 and the HSE:
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the HSE 2020 survey was stopped in March 2020 and never re-started. There was no publication that year. The survey resumed in 2021, albeit with an amended methodology. The full HSE resumed in 2022, with an extended fieldwork period. Due to this, the decision was taken not to progress with the 2023 survey, to maximise the 2022 survey response and enable more robust reporting of data. See the NHS Digital Health Survey for England - Health, social care and lifestyles webpage for more details.

The Health Survey for England, 2004 (HSE 2004) was designed to provide data at both national and regional level about the population living in private households in England. The sample design of the 2004 survey had two parts: a general population sample that followed the same pattern as in previous years and a minority ethnic 'boost' sample (for the groups covered, see above).

The general population sample was half the size of the usual sample. Up to ten adults and up to two children in each household were interviewed, and a nurse visit arranged for those participants in minority ethnic groups who consented. For the ethnic boost sample, all sampled addresses were fully screened and only informants from the specified minority ethnic groups were eligible for inclusion in the survey. Among these, up to four adults and three children were selected for interview. For informants from the specified minority ethnic groups (whether identified in the general population sample or the minority ethnic sample), an interview with each eligible person was followed by a nurse visit.

Information was obtained directly from persons aged 13 and over. Information about children under 13 was obtained from a parent with the child present. The survey was conducted throughout the year to take into consideration seasonal differences.

For the second edition (April 2010), three new children's Body Mass Index (BMI) variables have been added to the general population and ethnic boost data files (bmicat1, bmicat2, bmicat3). The original variables (bmicut, bmicut2, bmicut3) are unreliable and should not be used. Further information is available in the documentation and on the Information Centre for Health and Social Care Health Survey for England web page.

This table provides statistical information about people in Canada by their demographic, social and economic characteristics as well as provide information about the housing units in which they live.

This table provides statistical information about people in Canada by their demographic, social and economic characteristics as well as provide information about the housing units in which they live.

This data is derived from the Maternity Indicators dataset which is provided to the Welsh Government by Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW). The Maternity Indicators dataset was established in 2016. It combines records from a mother’s initial assessment with a child’s birth record and enabled Welsh Government to monitor its initial set of outcome indicators and performance measures (Maternity Indicators) which were established to measure the effectiveness and quality of Welsh maternity services. The Maternity Indicators dataset allows us to analyse characteristics of the mother’s pregnancy and birth process. The process for producing this data extract is complex largely because there can be multiple initial assessment data and records for both initial assessments and births are not always complete. Full details of every data item available in the Maternity Indicators dataset are available through the NHS Wales Data Dictionary: http://www.datadictionary.wales.nhs.uk/#!WordDocuments/datasetstructure20.htm The mental health conditions listed on the record are categorised as: puerperal psychosis (severe postnatal depression); bi-polar effective disorder/manic depression; psychosis; psychotic depression; schizophrenia; and other (any other mental health condition). The data dictionary also defines how ethnic groups are classified, namely: White (any white background); Asian (Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Chinese, Indian, any other Asian background); Mixed/multiple (white and Asian, white and black African, white and black Caribbean, any other mixed background); Other (any other ethnic group); Black (African, Caribbean, any other black background).