• We have a directly contracted workforce of 110,000. Of these NHS employed workforce (Trusts and communities of interest companies) account for 56%, adult social care 37%, primary care (GP practices) 6% and childrens’ social care 2%.
  • Of the 56,000 adult social care jobs, 50,000 are in the independent sector
  • The NHS workforce is 77% female, while the social care workforce is 83% female
  • The social care workforce is 83% White and 17% minority ethnic colleagues, while the NHS workforce is 79% White with 21% of colleagues from ethnic minorities communities
  • Around 25% of staff are over 55 years old for both health and social care
  • In primary care the pipeline for GPs is very strong, so while GP numbers have decreased by 2.8% since 2018, the number of registrars has increased by over 64%, which will provide a significant increase in newly qualified GPs in 2024/25
  • The dependence on care workers is striking; the total number of care worker roles region-wide is nearly three times the number of all nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff.
  • Photo showing three women working in the communityTurnover trends, for NHS trust staff in West Yorkshire, are in general lower in 2020 and 2021 than they were 5-6 years ago and in most staff groups are relatively stable.
  • In the voluntary community social enterprise sector (VCSE) there are currently 34,100 employees delivering 56 million working hours a year.
  • The average turnover of staff in adult social care is 31.2% in West Yorkshire. This is similar to the regional turnover rate of 31% and the national average of 30.4%. However, within the West Yorkshire averages there is wide variation between local authority areas and staff groups, with vacancy rates in some areas twice that in other, and vacancies and turnover for registered nurses being considerably higher than other staff groups. Therefore, sharing best practice is a significant opportunity.
  • Overall, staff vacancy rates remain relatively stable, but nursing and midwifery vacancies and medical and dental vacancies tend to fluctuate more. The current trend for nursing and midwifery is increasing with recent vacancy levels of 11.8%.