Percent of NHS staff by organisation, staff group and age band

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Date

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Staff group

Age band

Organisation

All groups

Medical and dental staff

Nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff

Scientific, therapeutic and technical staff

Administration and estates staff

Ambulance staff

Other staff Some healthcare assistants, other support staff, and other non-medical staff

20 or less

21-25

26-30

31-35

36-40

41-45

46-50

51-55

56-60

61-65

66-70

71 or more

20 or less

21-25

26-30

31-35

36-40

41-45

46-50

51-55

56-60

61-65

66-70

71 or more

20 or less

21-25

26-30

31-35

36-40

41-45

46-50

51-55

56-60

61-65

66-70

71 or more

20 or less

21-25

26-30

31-35

36-40

41-45

46-50

51-55

56-60

61-65

66-70

71 or more

20 or less

21-25

26-30

31-35

36-40

41-45

46-50

51-55

56-60

61-65

66-70

71 or more

20 or less

21-25

26-30

31-35

36-40

41-45

46-50

51-55

56-60

61-65

66-70

71 or more

20 or less

21-25

26-30

31-35

36-40

41-45

46-50

51-55

56-60

61-65

66-70

71 or more

Wales

1.3

12.4

21.8

25.8

24.8

23.0

22.5

26.0

23.9

14.5

3.1

1.0

0.0

13.2

32.9

36.8

29.5

22.2

21.6

18.4

15.3

6.8

2.2

1.1

1.2

12.1

21.5

28.0

25.5

22.5

23.3

26.2

23.3

13.5

2.3

0.6

0.7

19.1

29.0

28.8

26.9

26.7

20.5

20.8

16.8

8.5

1.7

0.4

1.8

9.4

16.6

19.9

23.2

23.9

23.3

31.0

28.3

17.5

3.9

1.3

1.6

13.9

21.7

26.1

21.6

18.2

26.8

27.4

25.7

13.7

3.0

0.3

2.2

6.3

9.4

14.1

16.2

17.4

19.6

29.1

39.2

33.5

8.9

4.0

Betsi Cadwaladr

1.0

10.4

18.6

22.1

23.2

23.6

23.3

28.7

27.0

16.7

3.8

1.5

0.0

0.6

17.0

18.8

24.9

27.9

33.2

28.3

27.2

13.7

4.4

3.9

0.8

11.0

20.2

24.5

25.2

23.4

23.6

28.2

25.1

14.7

2.6

0.7

1.0

15.5

25.5

26.9

25.7

27.2

22.1

25.0

18.5

9.8

1.9

0.9

1.7

9.0

13.4

17.4

19.7

23.4

24.0

32.5

32.8

19.5

5.0

1.5

0.0

50.0

0.0

150.0

0.0

1.4

5.2

8.3

12.4

13.6

14.7

16.6

31.2

41.9

38.4

11.0

5.5

Hywel Dda

3.3

11.7

18.5

23.0

24.0

23.8

23.7

27.3

24.9

15.3

3.6

1.0

0.0

1.1

18.1

19.7

30.4

29.0

28.2

29.9

23.6

12.2

6.6

1.2

4.5

14.0

19.9

25.1

24.5

22.3

23.4

26.4

23.3

13.7

2.6

0.4

0.6

14.6

23.2

28.8

27.5

29.5

22.4

22.8

17.9

9.5

2.3

1.0

4.0

8.2

13.6

17.6

20.9

22.5

23.5

31.1

31.2

20.8

4.7

1.9

0.0

21.1

31.1

73.3

63.3

11.1

0.0

1.4

7.4

15.2

15.3

16.7

19.1

27.1

27.3

33.7

26.0

9.4

1.3

Swansea Bay

0.7

12.0

20.4

25.9

25.6

23.5

23.6

27.4

23.6

13.9

2.7

0.8

0.0

0.7

11.4

20.0

31.4

30.2

35.1

32.1

23.8

10.7

3.6

1.2

0.5

12.0

22.0

29.7

26.2

22.7

24.5

26.8

21.2

12.0

2.1

0.3

0.7

21.5

29.6

32.4

25.6

25.3

18.9

22.0

15.4

7.4

0.9

0.2

1.4

9.4

14.4

17.1

25.9

24.4

22.7

31.7

30.0

18.2

3.7

1.0

0.0

14.4

16.9

33.8

29.6

56.9

18.9

21.1

6.2

2.2

0.0

0.5

3.7

9.7

13.4

16.7

16.4

22.0

30.7

42.1

33.8

7.3

3.9

Cardiff and Vale

1.2

14.0

23.6

26.6

26.3

24.0

22.5

23.7

21.2

13.0

3.0

1.0

0.0

0.6

11.5

20.9

36.9

34.0

33.7

25.5

25.8

8.3

2.4

0.4

0.6

14.8

25.0

30.4

26.6

23.2

22.6

23.3

19.6

11.5

1.8

0.7

0.8

20.0

32.1

28.9

28.8

26.9

19.9

17.2

14.9

8.4

1.6

0.3

2.0

10.7

16.6

20.4

21.5

19.9

22.9

32.8

26.6

18.8

5.6

2.1

0.0

26.8

28.6

51.8

0.0

78.6

14.3

0.0

5.0

9.1

15.1

17.4

19.4

20.0

20.6

25.6

32.9

24.3

7.5

3.2

Cwm Taf Morgannwg

0.7

10.6

20.0

25.3

24.7

23.4

23.6

27.6

25.7

15.1

2.4

0.9

0.0

0.8

13.2

17.0

28.5

31.1

34.1

36.1

25.9

9.3

2.5

1.4

0.5

11.1

22.0

30.6

26.5

21.8

22.7

25.7

24.2

13.1

1.6

0.3

0.7

19.3

30.9

29.7

27.6

25.2

21.2

19.6

16.4

8.2

1.2

0.2

0.9

8.4

15.2

17.9

20.7

24.8

25.8

33.7

29.8

18.0

3.4

1.4

0.0

2.1

4.4

5.2

13.8

16.7

20.1

20.5

31.0

40.9

35.9

6.3

3.3

Aneurin Bevan

1.2

11.0

19.6

26.0

23.2

21.9

25.5

25.2

16.1

3.4

1.1

0.0

0.8

16.2

20.4

32.2

33.1

33.0

28.2

20.7

11.3

2.4

1.8

0.9

11.4

21.2

30.3

25.9

21.9

22.6

24.8

24.0

13.8

2.6

0.7

0.6

18.8

28.7

28.1

27.7

27.6

19.4

19.6

17.8

8.9

2.7

0.2

1.9

7.7

14.1

21.5

26.3

22.5

20.8

30.3

29.3

20.2

4.0

1.3

0.0

100.0

0.0

3.0

7.4

8.2

14.2

18.2

16.9

18.4

26.9

39.6

35.4

8.1

3.5

Powys

1.4

8.3

15.3

20.6

19.0

21.3

23.8

31.5

29.5

22.9

5.2

1.2

0.0

1.9

2.3

18.7

14.9

43.5

44.2

35.1

16.4

4.2

0.0

2.0

9.0

15.3

20.0

18.1

25.1

30.5

31.1

23.5

5.7

1.5

0.7

12.1

25.3

28.7

25.6

24.3

21.4

26.3

19.8

13.6

1.6

0.5

1.0

6.2

13.0

19.3

17.8

25.6

24.0

34.3

30.0

23.1

4.7

1.0

0.0

200.0

0.0

1.5

5.6

6.1

10.3

13.8

17.4

18.5

34.9

38.0

39.5

11.8

2.6

Public Health Wales

0.6

10.4

27.5

26.9

27.0

29.3

23.8

23.4

21.8

7.3

1.5

0.4

0.0

9.9

29.2

30.1

38.2

32.3

26.2

22.2

8.9

2.0

1.1

0.0

1.0

7.1

22.2

18.2

27.3

21.2

44.4

47.4

10.1

1.0

0.0

0.5

16.9

39.8

29.4

24.8

25.8

20.3

18.6

18.4

4.3

1.0

0.1

0.7

7.2

22.2

25.6

29.0

31.4

25.5

24.9

22.4

8.9

1.7

0.4

0.0

50.0

0.0

50.0

0.0

34.8

20.0

41.0

4.0

14.3

20.5

30.8

10.3

0.0

4.0

20.5

Velindre

0.8

12.4

24.1

23.4

23.6

24.4

22.1

26.0

26.1

14.0

2.0

1.0

0.0

1.0

16.2

7.5

28.6

34.5

37.8

32.8

26.3

8.7

4.5

2.2

0.7

8.2

27.2

26.4

18.8

19.9

22.0

30.0

27.0

17.2

1.2

1.4

0.9

24.0

33.4

28.9

30.4

28.1

17.5

13.1

16.9

5.7

0.8

0.4

0.9

8.2

17.3

20.8

21.8

23.7

25.0

31.7

31.0

16.7

2.3

0.6

0.0

1.9

3.6

7.4

8.7

16.2

7.0

41.1

48.6

46.0

12.6

7.0

Welsh Ambulance Services

2.1

13.4

21.8

25.2

22.1

19.4

25.1

28.0

25.1

14.4

2.8

0.5

0.0

50.0

0.0

100.0

0.0

1.2

11.6

23.6

30.7

27.5

35.9

26.8

16.8

1.6

0.8

0.0

18.8

47.4

24.4

18.8

26.5

18.8

13.2

32.1

0.0

4.2

14.3

24.3

22.0

23.8

21.2

21.3

27.9

22.9

15.2

2.0

0.8

1.6

14.2

21.9

26.3

21.5

17.9

26.1

27.4

25.7

13.8

3.1

0.3

0.0

26.8

0.0

12.5

0.0

12.5

55.4

26.8

53.6

12.5

Digital Health and Care Wales

0.6

11.6

29.7

26.3

30.9

27.1

25.1

26.2

13.5

6.4

2.1

0.5

0.0

14.3

34.3

82.9

0.0

68.6

0.0

0.6

11.8

30.0

26.4

31.1

27.0

25.2

26.1

13.3

6.5

1.7

0.5

0.0

33.3

0.0

66.7

0.0

100.0

0.0

Health Education and Improvement Wales

0.0

16.4

18.8

22.9

21.1

33.7

23.7

27.0

18.7

13.5

2.6

1.7

0.0

3.4

9.6

6.2

19.0

32.4

40.8

44.5

28.6

6.9

8.7

0.0

34.4

9.5

57.5

22.0

39.2

37.4

0.0

12.4

15.5

19.6

48.5

36.4

39.2

18.7

7.2

2.5

0.0

23.0

23.2

27.6

23.0

34.3

18.2

23.1

13.8

11.5

1.3

1.0

0.0

50.0

33.3

0.0

116.7

0.0

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership

0.5

26.5

44.2

45.4

25.1

14.3

10.6

12.3

12.0

6.7

1.8

0.7

0.0

32.2

61.6

63.3

28.0

8.6

4.0

1.1

0.9

0.2

0.1

0.0

25.0

0.0

150.0

0.0

116.8

23.1

12.0

6.9

10.0

11.9

10.0

5.0

3.1

1.3

0.0

1.4

12.0

22.4

21.8

25.0

25.4

21.9

30.3

25.8

11.3

2.3

0.4

0.0

0.6

8.2

5.2

12.0

11.3

16.0

16.9

28.5

43.1

38.4

13.0

6.8

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Title

Percent of NHS staff by organisation, staff group and age band

Last update

19 March 2025

Next update

TBC

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

NHS electronic staff record

Source 2

Workforce Services, NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership

Contact email

stats.healthinfo@gov.wales

Designation

Management information

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local health boards

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

Statistical quality

See linked publication.

Keywords

Staff; NHS

General description

Percent of NHS staff by organisation, staff group and age band

Data collection and calculation

Extracted from the NHS Electronic Staff Record system. Staff groups are determined from NHS occupational codes - see linked manual for more detail.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

From 30 September 2022

Users, uses and context

See linked publication.

Rounding applied

Rounded to 1 decimal place.

Revisions information

There are no planned revisions.

Weblinks

http://gov.wales/statistics-and-research/staff-directly-employed-nhs/?lang=en; http://www.hscic.gov.uk/article/2268/NHS-Occupation-Codes

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