§ Sandra GidleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses(a) returned to and (b) left the NHS in (i) 1999–2000 and (b) 2000–01. [11118]
§ Mr. HuttonThe work force censuses record the net change in the work force taking account of the number who leave and the number who start work, including newly qualified staff, returners and nurses trained outside the United Kingdom. In 1999 there were 329,640 nurses working in the National Health Service and in 2000 there were 335,950.
Between 1 October 1999 and 30 September 2000, 3,405 former nurses returned to work in the NHS. Between 1 October 2000 and 30 September, 2001 3,906 former nurses returned to work in the NHS.