HC Deb 15 March 1991 vol 187 c701W
Mr. Roy Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information he has on staff shortages and turnover rates among ancillary, nursing, administrative, clerical, professional and technical staff in the health service.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

The available information is:

Per cent.
Staff group Vacancy levels1 Turnover rates2
Ancillary not known 32.7
Nursing and midwifery 2.9 15.6
Administrative and clerical not known 20.2
Professions allied to medicine 4.2 21.6
1 Vacancies of three months or more on 31 March 1990 as a percentage of funded establishments.
2 Calculated as numbers leaving health authorities year ended 31 March 1990 as a percentage of staff in post at 30 September 1989. Leavers include those moving from one region to another.

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