§ Dr. Evan HarrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many vacancies per health authority there were in England, broken down by(a) dental and medical staff, (b) nursing and midwifery staff and (c) professions allied to medicine, in each of the last two years for which figures are available. [13612]
§ Mr. HuttonThe information requested is in the table.
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Department of health vacancies survey, March 2001. Number of 3 month vacancies—by region and health authority areas whole-time equivalents All medical and dental Qualified nurses Qualified allied health professionals Health authority 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 Trent 60 90 490 410 90 110 Barnsley 0 10 10 20 0 10 Doncaster 10 10 20 20 10 10 Leicestershire 10 0 130 50 10 0 Lincolnshire 0 10 0 50 0 30 North Derbyshire 0 0 10 20 0 10 North Nottinghamshire 10 10 20 20 0 0 Nottingham 10 10 110 150 20 10 Rotherham 10 10 10 20 0 10 Sheffield 0 10 90 60 10 0 South Humber 10 20 20 10 20 20 Southern Derbyshire 0 10 60 10 10 10 West Midlands 80 110 950 810 150 210 Birmingham 30 30 350 180 40 80 Coventry 10 10 70 90 10 30 Dudley 0 10 60 50 10 10 Herefordshire 0 10 0 40 0 10 North Staffordshire 10 20 120 170 10 30 Sandwell 0 0 80 70 20 10 Shropshire 0 0 30 90 20 30 Solihull 0 0 30 10 0 0 South Staffordshire 0 10 20 20 10 20 Walsall 10 10 50 10 20 30 Warwickshire 0 10 50 50 0 20 Wolverhampton 0 10 80 10 10 30 Worcestershire 10 10 30 20 20 10 North West 100 160 780 940 160 220 Bury and Rochdale 10 10 40 30 10 10 East Lancashire 10 20 10 40 10 30 Liverpool 20 20 80 50 20 10 Manchester 10 20 150 160 30 30 Morecambe Bay 10 10 10 10 0 0 North Cheshire 0 10 30 140 10 20 North West Lancashire 0 10 130 70 10 10 Salford and Trafford 0 0 50 90 10 10 Sefton 0 10 30 50 10 10 South Cheshire 0 10 30 30 10 10 South Lancashire 0 10 10 30 0 10 St. Helens and Knowsley 10 10 30 40 10 10 Stockport 0 0 20 40 10 10 West Pennine 10 10 70 50 20 50 Wigan and Bolton 10 10 80 60 0 10 Wirral 0 0 20 40 20 10 Eastern 80 80 1,130 720 190 160 Bedfordshire 0 0 40 40 0 10 Cambridgeshire 20 10 350 110 50 30 East and North Hertfordshire 10 0 150 110 30 40 Norfolk 0 20 70 150 20 30 North Essex 10 10 240 80 50 10 South Essex 0 20 30 30 0 20 Suffolk 20 10 50 10 20 0 West Hertfordshire 10 0 190 180 30 20 London 170 160 3,360 2,960 410 470 Barking and Havering 20 10 100 130 30 40 Barnet 0 0 70 30 10 20 Bexley and Greenwich 10 10 110 180 0 20 Brent and Harrow 10 0 110 110 20 30 Bromley 10 10 120 100 0 10 Camden and Islington 20 10 590 280 40 40 Croydon 0 10 70 40 20 10 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 10 10 380 340 40 60 East London and the City 20 20 80 70 30 40 Enfield and Haringey 0 10 10 60 10 10 Hillingdon 0 0 480 330 0 10 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 10 10 130 10 50 30
Department of health vacancies survey, March 2001. Number of 3 month vacancies—by region and health authority areas whole-tune equivalents All medical and dental Qualified nurses Qualified allied health professionals Health authority 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 Kingston and Richmond 10 0 490 630 20 0 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 50 40 200 280 80 60 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 0 10 320 310 30 60 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 10 10 100 80 30 30