Staff data

1. Total number of staff employed by the Trust for 2023, 2024, 2025:

2023: 5,120

2024: 5,646

2025: 5,885

2. The total number of staff left the Trust during these period: broken down by:

Medway NHS Foundation Trust considers where there are fewer than five the data is exempt as disclosure increases the risk of identification and self-identification. Under section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 disclosure of information should be withheld if it could lead to an individual being identified, which would be a breach of an individual’s rights under the Data Protection Act 2018. However, we have provided amalgamated responses below for the period 01/01/2023 to 01/01/2025.

Ethnicity

White – British: 629

White – Irish: 16

Any Other White Background: 80

Any Other Asian Background: 236

Any Other Black Background: 278

Any Other Ethnic Background: 77

Any Other Mixed Background: 38

Unknown/unspecified: 266

TOTAL: 1620

Gender

Female: 1166

Male: 454

Role

Medical and Dental: 490

Nursing and Midwifery Registered: 321

Additional Clinical Services: 298

Administrative and Clerical: 291

Estates and Ancillary: 100

Allied Health Professionals: 66

Add Prof Scientific and Technic: 54

Pay band

Bands 2-4: 573

Bands 5-7: 484

Bands 8a to 9: 63

Medical Trainees: 422

Non-Consultant: 30

Consultants: 38

VSM: 10

Reason for leaving

Voluntary Resignation: 1045

End of Contract: 377

Retirement: 125

Dismissal: 50

Death in Service: 11

Employee Transfer: 10

Other: 2

Whether an Exit interviews was conducted:

Data held for the number of exit interviews recorded is 105.