§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many nurses at the latest convenient date were registered as unemployed in each region; and how many vacancies there were in each region at the same date.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThis information is not collected by the Department. The Department of Employment provides quarterly returns of the number of vacancies notified to them and of the number of nurses and midwives registered as unemployed. Not all vacancies are notified and the figures also include posts outside the NHS. On the basis of these returns the information requested is as follows: 113W
Region Qualified Nurses and Midwives Registered Unemployed at 30 September 1981 Qualified Nurses and Midwives Registered Vacancies at 30 September 1981 Northern 576 140 Yorkshire 431 74 Trent 508 83 East Anglian 186 79 NW Thames (ex Greater London) 96 98 NE Thames (ex Greater London) 104 56 SE Thames (ex Greater London) 186 115 SW Thames (ex Greater London) 85 219 Greater London 578 453 Wessex 311 91 Oxford 182 114 South Western 451 292 West Midlands 658 129 Mersey 425 81
Qualified Nurses and Midwives Region September 1980 Registered Unemployed December 1980 Registered Unemployed March 1981 Registered Unemployed June 1981 Registered Unemployed September 1981 Registered Unemployed Per cent. Increase September 1980–September 1981 Registered Unemployed Northern 485 486 450 449 576 +18.8 Yorkshire 352 359 358 420 431 +22.4 Trent 370 356 400 438 508 +37.3 East Anglian 122 159 176 165 186 +52.5 N.W. Thames (ex Greater London) 72 79 90 94 96 +33.3 N.E. Thames (ex Greater London) 82 109 89 88 104 +26.8 S.E. Thames (ex Greater London) 116 153 148 172 186 +60.3 S.W. Thames (ex Greater London) 51 75 76 89 85 +66.7 Greater London 422 416 480 494 578 +37.0 Wessex 226 261 249 249 311 +37.6 Oxford 115 131 144 126 182 +58.3 South Western 338 375 374 392 451 +33.4 West Midlands 413 487 581 595 658 +59.3 Mersey 370 460 415 396 425 +14.9 North Western 398 445 469 477 534 +34.2 Grand Total 3,932 4,351 4,499 4,644 5,311 +35.1 The regions shown do not equate exactly with those of the health authorities.