[jfman]

Originally Posted by Hugh

According to the Kings Fund, that’s about 201k out of 1.3 million - approx. 15%...

https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/project.../nhs-workforce

The wonderful thing about a term like "loads" is it's subjective, and not clearly defined. All that it really implies that the person who said it thinks there are "too many".