The number of National Healthcare Service employees increased in the first three months of this year after positions, such as NHS interim jobs, were filled.
Figures released by the Office for National Statistics yesterday showed that there was increased NHS employment in every part of the UK in the first quarter of 2010, with seven per cent rises in the east midlands and the east of England.
The report also shows that the number of public sector workers increased across all areas with Northern Ireland witnessing a 30.5 per cent increase and Wales having a 27.5 per cent rise.
Fiona McEvoy, from the Tax Payers' Alliance, told the Daily Mail that the increase is hindering the economic recovery.
"The escalating size of the public sector has been hugely detrimental to economic growth and created a fiscal crisis," she said.
"The legacy of this excessive recruitment threatens to cost taxpayers a fortune for many years to come."
In June, the Office for Budget Responsibility warned that up to 600,000 public sector jobs could go in future cuts.
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