§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many revision total hip replacement operations in the National Health Service were performed in(a) 1995, (b) 1996, (c) 1997, (d) 1998 and (e) from January to June 1999 expressed as a percentage of total hip operations. [101206]
§ Mr. DenhamThe information for England is set out in the table. This is routinely presented in financial years rather than calendar years.
Year Revision operations as a percentage of all hip replacements 1999–2000 Q1 19.4 1998–99 Q3 19.6 1998–99 Q2 110.1 1998–99 Q1 110.5
Vacancies (nursing and midwifery staff) in health authorities with over 300 posts vacant at 31 March 1999 Whole-time equivalents Health Authority Total vacancies1 Percentage2 3 month vacancies3 Percentage2 Camden and Islington 780 11.1 390 5.5 North Essex 330 5.2 — — East London and City 700 12.9 500 9.1 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 560 8.3 — — Birmingham 590 5.3 330 3.0 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 560 9.7 — — Manchester 370 5.8 — — West Kent 300 5.3 — — West Surrey 350 8.2 — — Oxfordshire 360 7.7 — — Avon 310 5.2 — — Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 810 11.4 — — 1 Posts that Trusts were actively trying to fill at 31 March 1999. 2 Vacancies as a percentage of total posts (staff in post plus vacancies.) 3 Posts that had been vacant for three months or more at 31 March 1999. Note:
Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
Department of Health Recruitment, Retention and Vacancies Survey 1999