Breakdown of Persons Working as Nurses in Allied, Ancillary and Administrative Roles in Public Healthcare Sector from 2010 to 2020

Mr Patrick Tay Teck Guan asked the Minister for Health for each of the years from 2010 to 2020 (a) how many persons are working as nurses, and in allied, ancillary and administrative roles respectively in the public healthcare sector; and (b) what is the breakdown for such persons in terms of whether they are in full-time or part-time employment, educational qualifications, age, gender and number who are Singaporeans and non-Singaporeans.

From 2013 to 2020, the overall number of nurses in the public healthcare1 sector increased from 19,180 to 23,050. Over the same period, the number of Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) increased from 3,990 to 5,400 while the number of Administrative and Ancillary (AA) staff increased from 14,600 to 18,080.

Due to changes in data definition, we are only able to provide the breakdown of staff groups by their age, gender, citizenship status, and highest educational qualifications from 2013 onwards. Data on whether they are working full-time or part-time is available for registered nurses and AHPs from 2014 and 2018 onwards respectively, can be found in the Tables below.