§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report a table including each regional health authority showing the areas in which there are vacancies in the National Health Service for nurses.
§ Mr. DeakinsInformation about National Health Service vacancies for nurses is not available centrally. Some are, however, notified to local offices of the Employment Service Agency and the latest—December 1977—figures of notified vacancies, which include vacancies outside the National Health Service, were:
NHS Region Notified vacancies for qualified nurses (NHS and other) Northern 113 Yorkshire 116 Trent 169 East Anglia 118 North West Thames* 72 North East Thames* 56 South East Thames* 102 South West Thames* 189 Greater London 588 Total of Thames Region 1,007 Wessex 76 Oxford 75 South western 188 West Midlands 104 Mersey 29 Northern Western 71 Total 2,066 * Excluding Greater London.
§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report the numbers of nurses with specialised training who are unemployed, showing each speciality separately, and the number of vacancies in each speciality; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. DeakinsInformation on the number of nurses with specialised training who are unemployed is not available. The number of vacancies in each speciality is not available centrally.