What we have achieved in numbers

Trainees trained

• 104,741 Doctors trained in 10 years
• 23,907 of which were GPs (with potential for more prior to 2016 – Legacy systems will not count many completers from then).
• 124,368 Nurses trained in 10 years
• 17,658 Pharmacists trained in 10 years
• 4,309 Dentists trained in 10 years
• 2,273 Dental Care Practitioners trained in 10 years
• 164,091 Allied Health Professionals trained in 10 years

In addition to

• 114,175 Apprentices placed since 2016/17
• All 350 NHS careers now have apprenticeship routes
• Innovative new roles: 10,911 Nursing associates starters in 2020-2022 and 5,228 Medical associates starters in 10 years
• Return to practice: 5,357 starters returning to practice training in 10 years (with gap in data for 19/20, and non-nursing not known from 19/20 onwards yet)
• Blended Learning: 600 starting blended learning nursing degrees in 2020-2022
• Workforce growth: 73,305 full time equivalent net growth of additional clinical service staff over 10 years

2013 - Government launches its mandate to HEE which take up its formal responsibilities

• Dec 2014 – The first five-year strategy, “Knowledge for Healthcare: a development framework 2015-2020” published
• 2014 – Published Framework 15 which outlined future healthcare through the lens of the patient
• 28 June 2015 - HEE becomes a Non-departmental public body
• January 2017 - Nursing Associate trainee programme began
• 2017 - Published Facing the Facts, Shaping the Future – a draft health and care Workforce Strategy for England
• 2019 - Topol Review published
• 2019 - Topol Digital Fellowships launched
• 2019 - Mental Wellbeing Comission Report published
• 2019 - Long-Term Plan published and second five-year plan published
• 2020 - First Blended Learning Programme Launched
• 2020 - First Population Health Fellowships Launched
• 2020 - Published the Core Capabilities Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice (Nurses) Working in General Practice / Primary Care in England
• 2020/21 People Plan published
• 2021 - HEE launches Best Place to Work programme
• 2023 - AI and Digital Healthcare Technologies Capability framework published
• 1 April 2023 – HEE merges with NHS England