ONS 15 August 2019
- Based on a range of sources this briefing presents an analysis of the healthcare workforce in the UK in terms of the number of migrants, their age structure, location and changes over time.
- Also data on specific health workers in England, such as hospital nurses and General Practitioners.
- "Overall, including GPs qualified in the UK, there were nearly 45,000 GPs working in England in March 2019. Around 34,500 are fully qualified and permanent GPs and of these, one in five gained their primary medical qualification outside of the UK – 16% in non-EU countries, with most of these being in South Asia and Africa (around 11% and 3% respectively), and 4% in the EU."
