§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the specialist mental health posts in Leeds, West; and indicate which are filled. [81493]
§ Jacqui SmithThe 'three-month vacancy' and staff in post figures as at March 2002 for the former Leeds Community and Mental Health Services National Health Service Trust can be found in the table.
Total Psychiatry Group 3-month vacancy rate (percentage) 11.6 3-month vacancy rate (number) 10 Staff in post (wte) 40 Staff in post (head count) 40 General Psychiatry 3-month vacancy rate (percentage) 4.7 3-month vacancy rate (number) 0 Staff in post (wte) 20 Staff in post (head count) 20 Notes:
1. 3-month vacancy information as at 31 March 2002.
2. 3-month vacancies are vacancies which NHS trusts are actively trying to fill, which had lasted for 3 months or more (wte).
3. 3-month vacancy rates are 3-month vacancies expressed as a percentage of 3-month vacancies plus staff in post.
4. 3-month vacancy rates are calculated using staff in post from the Vacancy Survey and the Consultant Census, March 2002.
5. Staff in post data is from the Non-Medical Workforce Census, September 2001 and the Mini Consultant Census, March 2002.
6. Staff in post data excludes staff employed by the health authorities.
7. Medical and dental figures exclude staff in training.
8. Vacancy and staff in post numbers are rounded to the nearest 10.
9. Percentages are rounded to one decimal place.
10. Strategic health authority figures are based on NHS trusts, and do not necessarily reflect the geographical provision of health care.
11. Figures may not match previously published data due to a different method of rounding used on the staff in post data.
Sources:
1. Vacancy numbers and rates: DoH Vacancies Survey March 2002 and Consultant Census Health.
2. Medical and dental staff in post: DoH Consultant Census March 2002.
Information is not available for the specialities of child and adolescent psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, old age psychiatry, psychiatry of learning disability and psychotherapy as the sum of staff in post and vacancies is less than 10.
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