Job Vacancies (Hansard, 25 October 2001)

§ Mr. Hutton

Figures for diagnostic and therapeutic radiographer vacancies are in the tables. The Department does not collect vacancy information for radiation physicists or radiography technicians.

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Department of Health vacancies survey, March 2001 vacancies in NHS trusts by region and health authority areas¹, radiographer three month vacancy rates^2,3 and staff in post
	Staff in post (wte)	Three month vacancy rates (Percentage)
	Diagnostic radiographers	Therapeutic radiographers	Diagnostic radiographers	Therapeutic radiographers
North Derbyshire HA	31	7	0.0	0.0
North Nottinghamshire HA	57	⁴—	1.4	n/a
Nottingham HA	131	29	5.1	0.0
Rotherham HA	36	⁴—	0.0	n/a
Sheffield HA	124	35	0.0	0.0
South Humber HA	49	7	9.3	0.0
Southern Derbyshire HA	78	23	9.3	8.1
West Midlands	912	84	5.5	15.1
Birmingham HA	261	32	7.3	15.9
Coventry HA	88	13	12.1	13.7
Dudley HA	53	⁴—	1.9	n/a
Herefordshire HA	24	⁴—	0.0	n/a
North Staffordshire HA	93	13	2.1	0.0
Sandwell HA	28	⁴—	0.0	n/a
Shropshire HA	79	11	2.7	8.6
Solihull HA	⁴—	⁴—	n/a	n/a
South Staffordshire HA	77	⁴—	4.0	n/a
Walsall HA	38	⁴—	9.9	n/a
Warwickshire HA	53	⁴—	0.0	n/a
Wolverhampton HA	45	17	5.7	26.2
Worcestershire HA	73	⁴—	6.4	n/a
North West	1,481	150	3.8	3.8
Bury and Rochdale HA	45	9	0.0	0.0
East Lancashire HA	98	⁴—	8.4	n/a
Liverpool HA	149	⁴—	5.2	n/a
Manchester HA	203	53	5.7	10.1
Morecambe Bay HA	69	⁴—	0.0	n/a
North Cheshire HA	72	⁴—	8.3	n/a
North West Lancashire HA	132	27	0.0	0.0
Salford and Trafford HA	94	⁴—	5.6	n/a
Sefton HA	110	1	4.2	0.0
South Cheshire HA	103	⁴—	0.0	n/a
South Lancashire HA	28	⁴—	0.0	n/a
St. Helens and Knowsley HA	53	⁴—	10.2	n/a
Stockport HA	43	⁴—	7.7	n/a
West Pennine HA	78	⁴—	0.0	n/a
Wigan and Bolton HA	108	⁴—	0.0	n/a
Wirral HA	97	60	3.0	0.0
Eastern	876	137	4.1	6.8
Bedfordshire HA	97	⁴—	5.8	n/a
Cambridgeshire HA	170	41	0.6	10.9
East and North Hertfordshire HA	54	1	15.0	0.0
Norfolk HA	152	29	3.2	0.0
North Essex HA	120	20	2.4	0.0
South Essex HA	100	⁴—	6.5	n/a
Suffolk HA	95	14	0.0	0.0
West Hertfordshire HA	88	32	8.5	8.5
London	1,535	246	7.1	9.1
Barking and Havering HA	57	16	5.0	10.9
Barnet HA	64	⁴—	14.2	n/a
Bexley and Greenwich HA	62	⁴—	6.1	n/a
Brent and Harrow HA	90	2	3.2	0.0
Bromley HA	30	⁴—	6.2	n/a
Camden and Islington HA	246	43	5.4	4.4
Croydon HA	30	⁴—	0.0	n/a
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow HA	117	32	11.3	25.4
East London and The City HA	155	34	6.0	0.0
Enfield and Haringey HA	40	17	4.8	0.0
Hillingdon HA	37	⁴—	7.5	n/a
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster HA	151	55	7.9	13.4
Kingston and Richmond HA	48	⁴—	0.7	n/a
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham HA	206	41	1.9	2.4
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth HA	146	⁴—	15.6	0.0
Redbridge and Waltham Forest HA	56	5	11.1	0.0

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Department of Health vacancies survey, March 2001 vacancies in NHS trusts by region and health authority areas¹, radiographer three month vacancy rates^2,3 and staff in post
	Staff in post (wte)	Three month vacancy rates (Percentage)
	Diagnostic radiographers	Therapeutic radiographers	Diagnostic radiographers	Therapeutic radiographers
South East	1,300	214	5.1	13.1
Berkshire HA	111	17	3.5	5.5
Buckinghamshire HA	94	⁴—	2.1	n/a
East Kent HA	99	1	4.5	0.0
East Surrey HA	43	⁴—	22.0	n/a
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove HA	130	13	4.4	19.2
Isle of Wight HA	19	⁴—	15.9	n/a
North and Mid Hampshire HA	58	⁴—	0.9	n/a
Northamptonshire HA	76	23	0.0	0.0
Oxfordshire HA	126	27	11.5	25.5
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire HA	78	29	0.0	6.5
Southampton and South West Hampshire HA	112	30	3.5	21.1
West Kent HA	137	40	6.8	6.9
West Surrey HA	128	35	0.8	2.8
West Sussex HA	90	⁴—	5.5	n/a
South West	921	170	3.0	2.9
Avon HA	265	54	5.1	6.8
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly HA	86	7	2.3	0.0
Dorset HA	145	26	0.0	0.0
Gloucestershire HA	97	28	0.0	0.0
North East and Devon HA	71	23	0.0	0.0
Somerset HA	69	1	2.8	0.0
South and West Devon HA	119	31	4.0	3.4
Wiltshire HA	69	⁴—	6.7	n/a
Special health authorities	1	⁴—	0.0	n/a
¹ Health authorities figures are based on trusts, and do not necessarily reflect the geographical provision of healthcare
² Three month vacancies are vacancies as at 31 March 2001 which trusts are actively trying to fill, which had lasted for three months or more (whole time equivalents)
³ Three month vacancy rates are three month vacancies expressed as a percentage of three month vacancies plus staff in post from the non-medical workforce census (whole time equivalent)
⁴ Trust does not employ these staff

Notes:

1. Percentages rounded to one decimal place

2. Numbers rounded to the nearest whole number

Source:

Department of Health Vacancies Survey 2001

Non-Medical Workforce Census, September 2000

Department of Health Vacancies Survey, March 2001

Vacancies in NHS trusts by region and Radiographers

	wte	wte	Percentages
	Staff in post	Number of three month vacancies	Three month vacancy rates
	Diagnostic radiographers	Therapeutic radiographers	Diagnostic radiographers	Therapeutic radiographers	Diagnostic radiographers	Therapeutic radiographers
England total	9,170	1,310	420	110	4.4	8.0
Northern and Yorkshire	1,323	154	30	20	2.5	10.4
Trent	816	154	20	0	2.5	1.9
West Midlands	912	84	50	20	5.5	15.1
North West	1,481	150	60	10	3.8	3.8
Eastern	876	137	40	10	4.1	6.8
London	1,535	246	120	20	7.1	9.1
South East	1,300	214	70	30	5.1	13.1
South West	921	170	30	10	3.0	2.9
Special health authorities	1	¹—	0	0	0.0	n/a
¹ Means no staff

Notes:

1. Three month vacancies are vacancies as at 31 March 2001 which trusts are actively trying to fill, which had lasted for three months or more (whole time equivalents)

2. Three month vacancy rates are three month vacancies expressed as a percentage of three month vacancies plus staff in post from the September 2000 medical and dental and non-medical workforce census (whole time equivalent)

3. Health authority figures are based on trusts, and do not necessarily reflect the geographical provision of healthcare

4. Percentages rounded to one decimal place

5. Numbers rounded to the nearest 10 for three month vacancies and to the nearest one for staff in post