Employment during the three months before joining NHS Direct
| NHS Direct nurses | wte NHS Direct nurses* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | Specialty | n | % | n | % |
| *The hours worked in their previous employment was not given by 76 nurses. | |||||
| NHS nursing | A&E/MIU | 110 | 16 | 80.1 | 17 |
| Practice nursing | 75 | 11 | 39.5 | 8 | |
| Community/District | 63 | 9 | 38.8 | 8 | |
| Surgical specialties | 53 | 8 | 43.2 | 9 | |
| Paediatric | 36 | 5 | 23.9 | 5 | |
| Maternity/midwifery | 33 | 5 | 24.3 | 5 | |
| Health visitor | 33 | 5 | 25.0 | 5 | |
| Medical specialties | 30 | 4 | 13.8 | 3 | |
| General acute nursing | 28 | 4 | 20.0 | 4 | |
| ITU/CCU | 24 | 4 | 20.7 | 4 | |
| Mental health/psychiatry | 11 | 2 | 9.1 | 2 | |
| Other | 30 | 4 | 21.7 | 5 | |
| Specialty unknown | 14 | 2 | 10.3 | 2 | |
| Non-NHS nursing | 103 | 15 | 78.5 | 17 | |
| Previous employer not known | 5 | <1 | – | 0 | |
| Not employed | 31 | 5 | 18.9 | 4 | |
| Previous employment status not known | 3 | <1 | – | 0 | |
| All nurses | 682 | 100 | 468 | 100 | |