Category | Total nurse workforce, head counts | RN workforce | AN workforce | Qualification mix |
---|---|---|---|---|
Practising nursing staff | 39 390 | 35 453 | 3 937 | 9.0:1 |
 Hospital (54%) | 21 449 | 20 532 | 917 | |
 LTC (46%) | 17 941 | 14 921 | 3 020 | |
New supplya | 3 278 | 2 659 | 619 | 4.3:1 |
New supply in % of practising nursing staff | 8.3% | 7.5% | 15.7% | Relatively higher increase in ANs |
Demand total and per sectorb | 6 182 | 4 925 | 1 257 | 3.9:1 |
 Hospital | 1 498 | 1 462 | 36 | |
 LTC | 4 684 | 3 463 | 1 221 | |
Demand in % of practising nursing staff, total and sector | 15.7% | 13.8% | 31.9% | Relatively higher demand for ANs and LTC |
 Hospital | 6.9% | 7.1% | 3.9% | |
 LTC | 26.1% | 23.2 | 40.4% | |
Shortage in % of practising staff total and per qualification | −2 904 | −2 266 | −638 | Relatively higher shortage of ANs |
7.4% | 6.6% | 16.2% |