HC Deb 19 November 2001 vol 375 cc118-21W
Dr. Evan Harris

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many vacancies per health authority there were in England, broken down by(a) dental and medical staff, (b) nursing and midwifery staff and (c) professions allied to medicine, in each of the last two years for which figures are available. [13612]

Mr. Hutton

The information requested is in the table.

Department of health vacancies survey, March 2001. Number of 3 month vacancies—by region and health authority areas
whole-time equivalents
All medical and dental Qualified nurses Qualified allied health professionals
Health authority 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001
Trent 60 90 490 410 90 110
Barnsley 0 10 10 20 0 10
Doncaster 10 10 20 20 10 10
Leicestershire 10 0 130 50 10 0
Lincolnshire 0 10 0 50 0 30
North Derbyshire 0 0 10 20 0 10
North Nottinghamshire 10 10 20 20 0 0
Nottingham 10 10 110 150 20 10
Rotherham 10 10 10 20 0 10
Sheffield 0 10 90 60 10 0
South Humber 10 20 20 10 20 20
Southern Derbyshire 0 10 60 10 10 10
West Midlands 80 110 950 810 150 210
Birmingham 30 30 350 180 40 80
Coventry 10 10 70 90 10 30
Dudley 0 10 60 50 10 10
Herefordshire 0 10 0 40 0 10
North Staffordshire 10 20 120 170 10 30
Sandwell 0 0 80 70 20 10
Shropshire 0 0 30 90 20 30
Solihull 0 0 30 10 0 0
South Staffordshire 0 10 20 20 10 20
Walsall 10 10 50 10 20 30
Warwickshire 0 10 50 50 0 20
Wolverhampton 0 10 80 10 10 30
Worcestershire 10 10 30 20 20 10
North West 100 160 780 940 160 220
Bury and Rochdale 10 10 40 30 10 10
East Lancashire 10 20 10 40 10 30
Liverpool 20 20 80 50 20 10
Manchester 10 20 150 160 30 30
Morecambe Bay 10 10 10 10 0 0
North Cheshire 0 10 30 140 10 20
North West Lancashire 0 10 130 70 10 10
Salford and Trafford 0 0 50 90 10 10
Sefton 0 10 30 50 10 10
South Cheshire 0 10 30 30 10 10
South Lancashire 0 10 10 30 0 10
St. Helens and Knowsley 10 10 30 40 10 10
Stockport 0 0 20 40 10 10
West Pennine 10 10 70 50 20 50
Wigan and Bolton 10 10 80 60 0 10
Wirral 0 0 20 40 20 10
Eastern 80 80 1,130 720 190 160
Bedfordshire 0 0 40 40 0 10
Cambridgeshire 20 10 350 110 50 30
East and North Hertfordshire 10 0 150 110 30 40
Norfolk 0 20 70 150 20 30
North Essex 10 10 240 80 50 10
South Essex 0 20 30 30 0 20
Suffolk 20 10 50 10 20 0
West Hertfordshire 10 0 190 180 30 20
London 170 160 3,360 2,960 410 470
Barking and Havering 20 10 100 130 30 40
Barnet 0 0 70 30 10 20
Bexley and Greenwich 10 10 110 180 0 20
Brent and Harrow 10 0 110 110 20 30
Bromley 10 10 120 100 0 10
Camden and Islington 20 10 590 280 40 40
Croydon 0 10 70 40 20 10
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 10 10 380 340 40 60
East London and the City 20 20 80 70 30 40
Enfield and Haringey 0 10 10 60 10 10
Hillingdon 0 0 480 330 0 10
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 10 10 130 10 50 30

Department of health vacancies survey, March 2001. Number of 3 month vacanciesby region and health authority areas
whole-tune equivalents
All medical and dental Qualified nurses Qualified allied health professionals
Health authority 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001
Kingston and Richmond 10 0 490 630 20 0
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 50 40 200 280 80 60
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 0 10 320 310 30 60
Redbridge and Waltham Forest 10 10 100 80 30 30