Labour Party 2024 manifesto's pledge

We will recruit an additional 8,500 new staff to treat children and adults through our first term.

Made in Labour's 2024 general election manifesto, before the election that formed the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government.

Made 2024-06-13 · Deadline first term · Where it was made · archived copy · Speaker's own words, quoted

What the official figures show

Additional mental health workers recruited since the end of June 2024, as reported by the Department of Health and Social Care, end of June 2024 to April 2026 (latest)

8500staff

2026-10-23 · Department of Health and Social Care · receipt

These figures are repeated from their sources and update automatically. We don't say whether the pledge has been kept.