Staff Directly Employed by the NHS by organisation, staff group and selected characteristics

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Variable	Visibility	Selected values	Action
Data description	Shown in table	Percentage of Staff	Value cannot be changed
Date	Shown in table	All 4 values	Change values
Organisation	Shown in table	All 16 values	Change values
Staff group	Shown in table	All 7 values	Change values
Age band	Shown in table	All 13 values	Change values
Disability	Shown in table	All 5 values	Change values
Ethnic group	Shown in table	All 8 values	Change values
Gender	Shown in table	All 3 values	Change values
Nationality	Shown in table	All 6 values	Change values

Table

Standard shorthand is used in this table: [x] = not available.

Data values	Data description	Date	Organisation	Staff group	Age band	Disability	Ethnic group	Gender	Nationality
79.0	Percentage of Staff	30/09/2025	All organisations	All groups	All Age Bands	All Disabilities	All Ethnicities	All Genders	UK
2.1	Percentage of Staff	30/09/2025	All organisations	All groups	All Age Bands	All Disabilities	All Ethnicities	All Genders	EU
6.8	Percentage of Staff	30/09/2025	All organisations	All groups	All Age Bands	All Disabilities	All Ethnicities	All Genders	Non EU
0.0	Percentage of Staff	30/09/2025	All organisations	All groups	All Age Bands	All Disabilities	All Ethnicities	All Genders	EEA
12.1	Percentage of Staff	30/09/2025	All organisations	All groups	All Age Bands	All Disabilities	All Ethnicities	All Genders	Missing data
23.6	Percentage of Staff	30/09/2025	All organisations	All groups	All Age Bands	All Disabilities	All Ethnicities	Male	All Nationalities
76.4	Percentage of Staff	30/09/2025	All organisations	All groups	All Age Bands	All Disabilities	All Ethnicities	Female	All Nationalities
79.6	Percentage of Staff	30/09/2025	All organisations	All groups	All Age Bands	All Disabilities	White	All Genders	All Nationalities
6.0	Percentage of Staff	30/09/2025	All organisations	All groups	All Age Bands	All Disabilities	Asian / Asian British	All Genders	All Nationalities
1.9	Percentage of Staff	30/09/2025	All organisations	All groups	All Age Bands	All Disabilities	Black / African / Caribbean / Black British	All Genders	All Nationalities
1.2	Percentage of Staff	30/09/2025	All organisations	All groups	All Age Bands	All Disabilities	Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups	All Genders	All Nationalities
1.8	Percentage of Staff	30/09/2025	All organisations	All groups	All Age Bands	All Disabilities	Other Ethnic Groups	All Genders	All Nationalities
2.4	Percentage of Staff	30/09/2025	All organisations	All groups	All Age Bands	All Disabilities	Not Stated	All Genders	All Nationalities
7.2	Percentage of Staff	30/09/2025	All organisations	All groups	All Age Bands	All Disabilities	Missing data	All Genders	All Nationalities
78.7	Percentage of Staff	30/09/2025	All organisations	All groups	All Age Bands	No	All Ethnicities	All Genders	All Nationalities
6.6	Percentage of Staff	30/09/2025	All organisations	All groups	All Age Bands	Yes	All Ethnicities	All Genders	All Nationalities
2.3	Percentage of Staff	30/09/2025	All organisations	All groups	All Age Bands	Not disclosed	All Ethnicities	All Genders	All Nationalities
12.4	Percentage of Staff	30/09/2025	All organisations	All groups	All Age Bands	Missing data	All Ethnicities	All Genders	All Nationalities
0.6	Percentage of Staff	30/09/2025	All organisations	All groups	20 or less	All Disabilities	All Ethnicities	All Genders	All Nationalities
6.0	Percentage of Staff	30/09/2025	All organisations	All groups	21-25	All Disabilities	All Ethnicities	All Genders	All Nationalities
10.9	Percentage of Staff	30/09/2025	All organisations	All groups	26-30	All Disabilities	All Ethnicities	All Genders	All Nationalities
12.9	Percentage of Staff	30/09/2025	All organisations	All groups	31-35	All Disabilities	All Ethnicities	All Genders	All Nationalities
13.0	Percentage of Staff	30/09/2025	All organisations	All groups	36-40	All Disabilities	All Ethnicities	All Genders	All Nationalities
11.8	Percentage of Staff	30/09/2025	All organisations	All groups	41-45	All Disabilities	All Ethnicities	All Genders	All Nationalities
10.9	Percentage of Staff	30/09/2025	All organisations	All groups	46-50	All Disabilities	All Ethnicities	All Genders	All Nationalities

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Metadata

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Next update expected:2027

Updates

• 12th February 2026: Dataset first published.

Main information

• Designation: Official statistics
• Data provider 1: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
• Data source 1: Workforce Services
• Data provider 2: Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW)
• Data source 2: NHS electronic staff record
• Time period covered: September 2022 to September 2025

Overview

• Summary of dataset and variables:

  Percent of NHS staff by organisation, staff group, age, gender, nationality, disability and ethnicity

• Data collection or calculation:

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

• Statistical quality:

  See linked publication.

• Related reports:
  • NHS workforce: staff directly employed by NHS Wales
  • NHS Occupation Codes

Published by

• Organisation: Welsh Government
• Contact email: stats.healthinfo@gov.wales