§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of posts vacant in National Health Service hospitals and clinics in the Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster area health 414W authority area; in which categories they are; and what percentage of the total staff complement this represents in each case.
§ Sir George Young[pursuant to his reply, 5 February 1981, c. 198]: Up-to-date information is not available centrally. A recent survey carried out by Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster area health authority (teaching) indicates the number of posts vacant and vacancies as a proportion of funded complements as follows—(figures as at 30 September 1980:
Vacancies Whole Time Equivalent Vacancies✶ (per cent.) Medical 53 6.5 Nursing Excluding Education 658 19.3 Education 224 11.6 Professional and Technical 106 11.0 Ancillary 217 8.0 Works 30 7.2 Administrative and Clerical 264 16.1 ✶Expressed as a percentage of funded complement. Notes
1. Staff at Banstead and Horton Hospitals are excluded.
2. Agency staff are excluded.
3. Nursing Education includes all teachers, learners, pupil midwives, student nurses and all post basic course nurses.