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3.5 Health and Social Care
The Health and Social Care and Early Years and Childcare sectors are an important element of the foundational economy. Supporting health and wellbeing across all age groups as well as being a significant size sector in employment terms, the services that they provide enable parents, carers and individuals to work. The sectors have been identified as an area of significant growth for the region due to a rapidly ageing population and a demographic profile which has a greater number of older people than the UK average. In Wales, the number of people aged 65 and over is projected to increase by 292,000 (44%) between 2014 and 2039. This will lead to an increased demand for health and care skills. WG’s pledge for 30 hours free childcare will create an increased demand for childcare, which will affect the early years and childcare workforce. It is important to highlight the differences between the Health and Social Care sectors which can have wide ranging and differentiating skills needs and challenges.
Health
NHS Direct employed staff
The table below outlines the number of directly employed NHS staff by local health board area.
Medical and dental staff
Nursing, midwifery
and health visiting staff
Administration and estates staff
Scientific, therapeutic and technical staff
Health care assistants and other support staff
Other
Total
Abertawe
Bro Morgannwg
1,237 7,702
2,939
2,569
1,571
22
Hywel Dda Powys Teaching LHB
634 29 3,977 861
1,796 605
1,471 295
1,344 189
12 2
16,040 9,234 1,981
Source: StatsWales - NHS Staff by staff group and year – March 2017 48 49
The table highlights that there are over 27,000 individuals employed within the NHS in the region across a wide range of disciplines, including a large number of non-medical positions. The largest individual classification is within the ‘nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff’ with a total of 12,540 employed within this area.
Regional Employment & Skills Plan South West & Mid Wales Sector Profiles