HC Deb 09 May 2002 vol 385 cc346-9W
Lembit Öpik

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many unfilled vacancies for occupational therapists there are in each health authority in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. [52874]

Mr. Hutton

The number of occupational therapists employed in the NHS increased by 2,390 (20 per cent.) between 1997 and 2001.

The information requested is shown in the table.

Department of Health Vacancies Survey, March 2001—vacancies in NHS trusts by region and health authority areas1, occupational therapists
Three month vacancy: Staff in post:
Rates(percentage) Numbers (wte) (hc)
Leeds HA 5.0 10 170 200
Newcastle and North Tyneside HA 2.2 0 110 120
North Cumbria HA 6.3 0 60 70
Northumberland HA 6.9 10 90 110
Sunderland HA 0.0 0 40 40
Tees HA 4.2 10 140 150
Wakefield HA 7.5 10 120 130
North Yorkshire HA 1.2 0 160 210
Calderdale and Kirklees HA 2.5 0 150 170
Trent 3.0 40 1,230 1,420
Barnsley HA 6.2 0 50 50
North Derbyshire HA 4.0 0 100 120
Southern Derbyshire HA 0.7 0 140 170
Doncaster HA 8.3 10 90 110
Leicestershire HA 0.0 0 210 240
Lincolnshire HA 4.6 0 80 100
North Nottinghamshire HA 2.5 0 80 90
Nottingham HA 2.1 0 210 240
Rotherham HA 6.6 10 110 120
Sheffield HA 0.0 0 150 170
South Humber HA 13.0 0 20 20
West Midlands 4.1 50 1,090 1,260
Birmingham HA 2.7 10 240 270
Coventry HA 5.3 0 60 70
Dudley HA 4.4 0 70 80
Herefordshire HA 0.7 0 40 50
Sandwell HA 4.1 0 50 50
Shropshire HA 3.0 0 100 120
Solihull HA 2— 2— 2— 2—
North Staffordshire HA 5.5 10 130 150
South Staffordshire HA 5.1 10 90 110
Walsall HA 15.0 10 40 40
Warwickshire HA 5.5 0 80 100
Wolverhampton HA 4.8 0 70 80
Worcestershire HA 0.7 0 120 150
North West 4.8 80 1,470 1,710
South Lancashire HA 2.5 0 70 100
Liverpool HA 0.0 0 70 80
Manchester HA 2.7 10 130 150
Morecambe Bay HA 0.0 0 70 90
St. Helens and Knowsley HA 2.8 0 50 50
Salford and Trafford HA 0.7 0 140 160
Sefton HA 4.4 0 70 70
Stockport HA 0.0 0 50 70
West Pennine HA 3— 3— 3— 3—
Bury and Rochdale HA 5.4 0 50 60
North Cheshire HA 2.7 0 90 100
South Cheshire HA 1.0 0 90 130
East Lancashire HA 4.8 10 100 120
North West Lancashire HA 4.8 10 150 180
Wigan and Bolton HA 3.7 10 130 150
Wirral HA 1.0 0 100 120
Eastern 2.9 30 1,050 1,270
Bedfordshire HA 1.0 0 100 130
North Essex HA 1.4 0 210 250
South Essex HA 2.2 0 130 150
Suffolk HA 0.0 0 130 160
East and North Hertfordshire HA 4.2 0 50 60
West Hertfordshire HA 4.1 0 60 80
Cambridgeshire HA 5.6 10 170 200
Norfolk HA 4.3 10 210 250

Department of Health Vacancies Survey, March 2001—vacancies in NHS trusts by region and health authority areas1, occupational therapists
Three month vacancy: Staff in post:
Rates(percentage) Numbers (wte) (hc)
London 7.0 130 1,730 1,940
Hillingdon HA 8.7 0 30 30
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster HA 2.8 0 140 150
Enfield and Haringey HA 0.0 0 120 140
Redbridge and Waltham Forest HA 7.7 10 100 110
Bexley and Greenwich HA 10.7 10 80 100
Bromley HA 9.2 0 20 30
Croydon HA 10.2 0 40 40
Kingston and Richmond HA 0.0 0 60 80
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham HA 10.3 30 230 250
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth HA 4.9 10 200 240
Barking and Havering HA 10.0 10 110 120
Barnet HA 2— 2— 2— 2—
Brent and Harrow HA 12.9 10 70 80
Camden and Islington HA 6.2 10 150 170
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow HA 6.6 10 190 220
East London and The City HA 8.2 20 140 150
South East 3.9 70 1,790 2,190
Berkshire HA 2.5 0 120 150
Buckinghamshire HA 3.4 10 170 230
East Kent HA 1.1 0 170 200
West Kent HA 9.2 20 160 200
East Surrey HA 2.4 0 120 140
West Surrey HA 7.2 10 170 210
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove HA 3.1 10 170 200
West Sussex HA 5.3 10 170 210
Northamptonshire HA 0.5 0 100 130
Oxfordshire HA 5.2 10 150 180
North and Mid Hampshire HA 0.9 0 70 90
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire HA 2.8 0 90 110
Southampton and South West Hampshire HA 0.8 0 120 150
Isle of Wight HA 16.4 0 20 20
South West 1.2 20 1,290 1,590
Somerset HA 0.6 0 100 130
South and West Devon HA 1.9 0 160 180
Wiltshire HA 2.2 0 130 160
Avon HA 2.6 10 280 360
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly HA 0.0 0 90 110
Dorset HA 0.2 0 220 270
North East and Devon HA 0.6 0 160 200
Gloucestershire HA 0.0 0 150 180
Special HAs 3.4 0 100 100
1Vacancy and staff in post numbers are rounded to the nearest 10.
2 Figures where sum of staff in post and vacancies is less than 10.
3Figures where previously published, where the trusts have advised that the figures supplied were incorrect.

Notes:

  1. 1. Three month vacancies are vacancies as at 31 March 2001 which trusts are actively trying to fill, which had lasted for three months or more (whole time equivalents).
  2. 2. Three month vacancy rates are three month vacancies expressed as a percentage of three month vacancies plus staff in post from the September 2000 medical and dental and non-medical work force censuses (whole time equivalent).
  3. 3. Percentages are rounded to one decimal place.
  4. 4. Totals may not equal sum of component parts due to rounding.
  5. 5. HA figures are based on trusts, and do not necessarily reflect the geographical provision of health care.
  6. 6. Due to the way vacancy data have been collected it has sometimes been necessary to provide combined vacancy data information for certain trusts.
  7. 7. Due to combined vacancy data being used and rounding calculating the vacancy rates using the above data may not equal the actual vacancy rates.
  8. 8. Figures may not match previously published data due to a different method of rounding used on the staff in post data.

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