HC Deb 13 September 2004 vol 424 cc1484-6W
Mrs. Iris Robinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many full-time(a) nurses and (b) administrators are employed by the NHS in Northern Ireland. [187805]

Angela Smith

Me information requested is as follows.

Number of full-time nurses employed within all NI HPSS1 organisations as at 30 June 2004
Nursing staff group Headcount
Qualified Nurses 8,544
Unqualified Nurses 2,513
Total 11,057
1Health and Personal Social Services.
Note:
Bank staff who cover for staffing shortfalls and fluctuating workloads in order to maintain service delivery have been removed from these figures. Student nurses have also been removed.

Number of full-time administration and clerical staff employed within all NI HPSS1 organisations ay at 30 June 2004
Administration and Clerical staff group Headcount
Clerical and Admin 6,806
Manager 728
Senior Manager 1,011
Senior Executives 166
Board Member 151
Total 8,862
1 Health and Personal Social Services.
Note:
Bank staff who cover for staffing shortfalls and fluctuating workloads in order to maintain service delivery have been removed from these figures.

Mrs. Iris Robinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many nursing vacancies there are at each health trust in the Province. [187779]

Angela Smith

The number of vacancies as at 30 June 2004 are as follows.

Number of nursing midwifery and health writing vacancies within all trusts as at 30 June 2004
Trust Headcount vacanices WTE1 vacancies
Altnagelvin Group HSS Trust 69 68.7
Armagh and Dungannon HSS Trust 10 8.3
Belfast City Hospital HSS Trust 78 76.1
Causeway HSS Trust 8 7.1
Craigavon and Banbridge Community HSS Trust 13 11.0
Craigavon Area Hospital Group HSS Trust 9 7.7
Down Lisbum HSS Trust 22 21.3
Foyle Community HSS Trust 8 8.0
Greenpark Healthcare HSS Trust 45 44.3
Homefirst Community HSS Trust 24 n/a
Mater Infirmorum Hospital HSS Trust 111 108.4
Newry and Moume HSS Trust 13 13.0
North and West Belfast HSS Trust 21 13.4
Royal Group of Hospitals HSS Trust 219 191.8
South and East Belfast HSS Trust 86 85.3
Sperrin Lakeland HSS Trust 28 28.0
Ulster Community and Hospitals Group HSS Trust 48 42.2
United Hospitals Group HSS Trust 38 38.0
Total 850 2772.7
1Whole time equivalent.
2Total WTE figure does not include Homefirst.

Mrs. Iris Robinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many overseas nurses are working at each health trust in the Province. [187780]

Angela Smith

As at 31 August 2004, the total number of overseas nurses employed within health and social services trusts in Northern Ireland was 815. Figures are detailed by trust as follows.

HSS1 trust Number
Altnagelvin Group HSS Trust 37
Armagh and Dungannon HSS Trust 0
Belfast City Hospital HSS Trust 53
Causeway HSS Trust 13
Craigavon and Banbridge Comm. HSS Trust 2
Craigavon Area Hospital HSS Trust 50
Down Lisburn HSS Trust 56
Foyle Community HSS Trust 1
Greenpark Healthcare HSS Trust 58
Homefirst Community HSS Trust 36
Mater Infirmorum Hospital HSS Trust 51
Newry and Moume HSS Trust 3
North and West Belfast HSS Trust 0
Royal Group of Hospitals HSS Trust 226
South and East Belfast HSS Trust 0
Sperrin Lakeland HSS Trust 41
Ulster Community and Hospitals Group HSS Trust 114
United Hospitals Group HSS Trust 74
Total 815
1Health and social services.