HC Deb 19 April 2002 vol 383 cc1220-5W
Dr. Fox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many positions in neo-natal units in each health authority area have been vacant for over three months. [47872]

Mr. Hutton

Information about the number of vacant positions in neo-natal units is not collected. Staff for neo-natal units comprises neonatal nurses, midwives, paediatric nurses, other nursing staff and paediatricians. Vacancy information is only available for midwives and paediatric nurses and this is shown in the table.

Department of Health Vacancies Survey, March 2001 Vacancies in NHS Trusts by Region, HA area and NHS Trust, in the specified staff groups 3 month vacancy rates1,2 and numbers3
Qualified paediatric nurses Qualified midwives
Region/HA Code HA Name 3 month vacancy rates (per cent) 3 month vacancy Staff in post (wte) Staff in post (hc) 3 month vacancy rates (per cent) 3 month vacancies Staff in post (wet) Staff in post (hc)
England 3.6 510 13,640 16,920 2.6 470 17,640 22,550
Northern and Yorkshire 2.8 50 1,730 2,090 0.7 20 2,200 2,690
QDD Bradford HA 1.6 0 160 190 0.1 0 250 300
QDE County Durham & Darlington HA 0.0 0 80 100 0.0 0 160 190
QDF East Riding & Hull HA 1.1 0 90 110 0.0 0 170 210
QDG Gateshead & South Tyneside HA 1.4 0 50 80 0.0 0 130 160
QDH Leeds HA 7.9 30 320 370 1.5 0 270 340
QDJ Newcastle & North Tyneside HA 0.9 0 420 510 1.1 0 180 220
QDK North Cumbria HA 5.6 0 30 40 2.4 0 100 140
QDM Northumberland HA 0.0 0 30 40 0.0 0 130 150
QDN Sunderland HA 0.0 0 100 120 0.0 0 100 120
QDP Tees HA 3.3 10 150 180 1.8 0 200 240
QDQ Wakefield HA 1.4 0 70 90 0.0 0 140 170
QDR North Yorkshire HA 1.3 0 80 110 0.0 0 220 270
QDT Calderdale & Kirklees HA 3.2 0 130 170 2.1 0 150 180
Trent 0.3 10 1,570 1,940 0.1 0 1,820 2,280
QCG Barnsley HA 0.0 0 40 50 0.0 0 90 100
QCH North Derbyshire HA 0.0 0 70 90 0.0 0 100 120
QC1 Southern Derbyshire HA 0.0 0 120 150 0.0 0 160 190
QCK Doncaster HA 0.0 0 20 30 0.0 0 120 150
QCL Leicestershire HA 0.0 0 260 340 0.0 0 300 390
QCM Lincolnshire HA 1.1 0 110 140 1.3 0 190 260
QCN North Nottinghamshire HA 1.3 0 70 80 0.0 0 120 140
QCP Nottingham HA 0.7 0 400 470 0.0 0 300 390
QCQ Rotherham HA 0.0 0 50 60 0.0 0 80 100
QCR Sheffield HA 0.0 0 350 430 0.0 0 220 280
QDL South Humber HA 0.0 0 90 110 0.0 0 130 160
West Midlands 4.7 80 1,670 2,030 1.9 40 2,100 2.700
QD9 Birmingham HA 6.8 60 880 1,030 2.7 20 630 790
QEA Coventry HA 16.1 10 60 80 7.7 10 140 190
QEC Dudley HA 4.3 0 40 50 4.6 0 100 170
QED Herefordshire HA 2.5 0 20 30 0.0 0 60 70
QEE Sandwell HA 3.8 0 50 60 0.0 0 80 100
QEF Shropshire HA 0.0 0 90 110 4.0 10 160 210
QEG Solihull HA * * * * * * * *
QEH North Staffordshire HA 0.0 0 210 240 0.0 0 180 220
QEJ South Staffordshire HA 0.0 0 60 70 0.0 0 170 210
QEK Walsall HA 0.0 0 60 70 0.0 0 130 150
QEL Warwickshire HA 5.9 0 30 40 0.6 0 150 200
QEM Wolverhampton HA 0.0 0 110 150 0.0 0 110 140
QEN Worcestershire HA 0.0 0 60 90 0.0 0 200 260
North West 1.6 40 2,380 3,010 1.0 30 2,880 3,550
QC1 South Lancashire HA * * * * 0.0 0 30 40
QC2 Liverpool HA 0.8 10 650 840 0.0 0 180 230
QC3 Manchester HA 5.3 10 160 210 2.7 10 350 410
QC4 Morecambe Bay HA 0.0 0 70 90 2.1 0 90 120
QC5 St Helens & Knowsley HA 7.0 10 70 80 0.0 0 100 120
QC6 Salford & Trafford HA 2.2 10 550 670 2.9 10 180 220
QC7 Sefton HA 3.6 0 30 40 0.0 0 210 280
QC8 Stockport HA 0.0 0 40 60 0.0 0 140 160
QC9 West Pennine HA 0.6 0 160 210 0.0 0 150 180
QCT Bury & Rochdale HA 0.0 0 50 70 0.0 0 160 190
QCV North Cheshire HA 10.2 0 40 50 3.0 0 130 170

Department of Health Vacancies Survey, March 2001 Vacancies in NHS Trusts by Region, HA area and NHS Trust, in the specified staff groups 3 month vacancy rates1,2 and numbers3
Qualified paediatric nurses Qualified midwives
Region/HA Code HA Name 3 month vacancy rates (per cent) 3 month vacancy Staff in post (wte) Staff in post (hc) 3 month vacancy rates (per cent) 3 month vacancies Staff in post (wet) Staff in post (hc)
QCW South Cheshire HA 0.0 0 120 150 0.0 0 250 330
QCX East Lancashire HA 0.0 0 130 160 0.0 0 230 280
QCY North West
Lancashire HA 0.0 0 120 150 0.0 0 260 330
QDA Wigan & Bolton HA 0.0 0 100 120 0.0 0 270 310
QDC Wirral HA 0.0 0 90 110 4.5 10 140 180
Eastern 2.7 20 780 1,030 4.5 80 1,610 2,150
QA6 Bedfordshire HA 0.0 0 100 130 4.0 10 190 270
QAX North Essex HA 0.0 0 110 150 5.0 20 300 370
QAY South Essex HA 0.0 0 100 110 1.4 0 210 260
QCF Suffolk HA 1.7 0 60 100 0.0 0 110 150
QCP Nottingham HA 0.7 0 400 470 0.0 0 300 390
QEP East & North
Hertfordshire HA 15.5 10 70 100 14.2 30 160 210
QEQ West Hertfordshire HA 0.0 0 70 90 9.7 20 170 240
QER Cambridgeshire HA 2.0 0 190 240 0.0 0 240 310
QET Norfolk HA 4.4 0 90 120 2.2 10 240 340
London 5.9 180 2,830 3,320 6.9 200 2,670 3,400
QA2 Hillingdon HA 0.0 0 30 60 0.0 0 90 110
QA3 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster HA 10.4 30 240 260 2.7 10 180 220
QA4 Enfield & Haringey HA 12.3 10 40 50 2.4 0 80 100
QA5 Redbridge & Waltham Forest HA 27.4 10 30 30 5.3 10 180 210
QAA Bexley & Greenwich
HA 4.0 0 90 120 17.3 30 140 200
QAC Bromley HA 7.6 0 30 40 23.6 20 70 80
QAD Croydon HA 0.0 0 30 40 0.0 0 50 90
QAG Kingston & Richmond HA 0.0 0 50 70 0.0 0 120 170
QAH Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham HA 4.4 30 570 670 6.4 20 340 380
QA1 Merton, Sutton & Wandsworth HA 7.5 20 190 250 3.4 10 290 380
QAP Barking & Havering HA 20.5 10 40 50 4.9 10 120 150
QAQ Barnet HA 0.0 0 80 100 2.1 0 160 210
QAR Brent & Harrow HA 18.1 10 50 70 0.0 0 140 170
QAT Camden & Islington HA 3.5 40 1,070 1,150 0.0 0 180 230
QAV Ealing, Hammersmith & Hounslow HA 11.8 10 100 130 8.4 20 260 380
QAW East London & The City HA 5.8 10 200 250 18.0 60 280 340
South East 5.8 110 1,760 2,330 3.4 90 2,550 3,410
QA7 Berkshire HA 15.7 30 140 190 3.2 10 250 320
QA8 Buckinghamshire HA 7.2 10 100 140 8.8 20 210 280
QAE East Kent HA 3.6 10 200 310 0.0 0 90 120
QAF West Kent HA 8.2 20 180 220 6.7 30 360 480
QAK East Surrey HA 20.6 20 60 70 14.9 20 110 150
QAL West Surrey HA 9.4 10 100 140 1.3 0 220 320
QAM East Sussex, Brighton
Hove HA 2.2 0 170 230 0.7 0 140 170
QAN West Sussex HA 0.0 0 80 110 3.1 10 190 250
QCC Northamptonshire HA 1.0 0 100 130 0.0 0 210 270
QCE Oxfordshire HA 6.5 10 190 230 1.3 0 230 300
QD I North & Mid
Hampshire HA 2.7 0 100 140 1.5 0 160 220
QD2 Portsmouth & South East Hampshire HA 0.0 0 140 170 0.5 0 190 250
QD3 Southampton & South West
Hampshire HA 2.5 0 180 230 0.0 0 160 210
QD4 Isle of Wight HA 0.0 0 20 30 0.0 0 40 70

Department of Health Vacancies Survey, March 2001 Vacancies in NHS Trusts by Region, HA area and NHS Trust, in the specified staff groups 3 month vacancy rates1,2 and numbers3
Qualified paediatric nurses Qualified midwives
Region/HA Code HA Name 3 month vacancy rates (per cent) 3 month vacancy Staff in post (wte) Staff in post (hc) 3 month vacancy rates (per cent) 3 month vacancies Staff in post (wet) Staff in post (hc)
South West 3.2 30 910 1,180 1.1 20 1,800 2,380
QD5 Somerset HA 0.0 0 70 90 0.0 0 160 190
QD6 South & West Devon
HA 0.0 0 120 150 0.4 0 240 300
QD7 Wiltshire HA 18.4 10 60 80 1.3 0 310 420
QD8 Avon HA 2.3 10 390 480 2.2 10 330 430
QDV Cornwall & Isles of
Scilly HA 2.3 0 80 100 0.0 0 170 230
QDW Dorset HA 0.0 0 80 130 0.0 0 200 290
QDX North East & Devon
HA 5.2 0 40 50 2.5 10 200 260
QDY Gloucestershire HA 4.0 0 70 100 1.0 0 190 260

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 (wte).

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

Vacancy and staff in post numbers are rounded to the nearest ten.

Percentages are rounded to one decimal place.

* = figures where sum of staff in post and vacancies is less than 10.

Totals may not equal sum of component parts due to rounding.

HA figures are based on Trusts, and do not necessarily reflect the geographical provision of healthcare.

Due to rounding calculating the vacancy rates using the above data may not equal the actual vacancy rates. Staff in post is as at 30 September 2000.

Due to organisational changes between September 2000 and March 2001 the totals for East Surrey HA and West Sussex HA may not equal previously published data.

Due to a different method of rounding, figures may not equal previously published data.