Health & Social Care

Health care is the various services involved in the prevention, treatment or management of illnesses and injuries. Care can take place in hospitals, health centres, doctors’ surgeries, dental surgeries or opticians, for example. Social care generally involves providing personal care and assistance to children, young people, adults and the elderly in our community.

There are over

jobs in this sector in Hull and East Yorkshire

This accounts for over

of jobs in the region

Did you know?

The NHS employs approximately 1.5m people, making it one of the largest employers in the world.
There are over 350 different careers in the NHS.
The number of jobs in this sector has grown by 9% since 2015. It is the fourth largest sector in Hull and East Yorkshire.
There are around 12,500 jobs in hospitals in Hull and East Yorkshire, up by around 2,500 since 2015, an increase of 25%.
The number of jobs working for medical practices in Hull and East Yorkshire has grown by 31% since 2015.
Care workers and home carers was the most posted occupation in Hull and East Yorkshire in 2023.

Source: NHS England, BRES (2022), Lightcast

Will there be opportunities available?

The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan could see the NHS workforce increase from 1.5 million currently to between 2.2 and 2.3 million by 2036/37.
The Plan could raise the number of doctors by 60,000 to 74,000, the number of nurses by 170,000 to 190,000, the number of allied health professionals by 71,000 to 76,000, and the number of support workers by 210,000 to 240,000.
The fastest growing age group in England is people aged 65 and over. This is putting increasing pressure on the health and social care sector and is creating many opportunities for people interested in working within it.
If the population aged 65 and over grows as projected, 43,000 extra adult social care posts will be required in Yorkshire and the Humber by 2035, an increase of 25%.
In September 2023, there were around 42,300 nursing vacancies across the NHS in England.
There are more nurses and midwives working in the NHS than ever before - approximately 372,000 in total.

Source: NHS England, ONS, Skills for Care

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The Careerometer can be used to explore and compare key information about occupations, help you learn about different occupations and identify potential careers. It provides access to a selection of UK headline data relating to pay, weekly hours of work and future employment prospects for different occupations, as well as description of the occupation.

Use the boxes below to simply type in the title of the job you are interested in and the widget provides a series of options from which you can select the most relevant to you. You can then look up another two occupations and compare. You can also select ‘display the UK average’ and compare the information with the occupation you have selected.