§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many vacancies there are for(a) paramedics and (b) ambulance staff, broken down by NHS trust area. [85784]
§ Mr. HuttonSeparate information for paramedic vacancies is not collected centrally. Information for all ambulance staff is shown in the table.
Between March 2001 and March 2002 the three month vacancy rate for ambulance staff fell from 1.4 per cent., to 0.5 per cent.
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Department of Health Vacancies Survey, March 2002—ambulance staff vacancies in NHS trusts, by DHSC and NHS trust—three month vacancy rates, numbers and staff in post Ambulance staff (excluding HA staff) Three month vacancy rate (percentage) Three month vacancy number Staff in post (whole-time equivalent) Staff in post (headcount) Hampshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust 2.8 10 390 400 Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Trust 0.0 0 60 60 Kent Ambulance NHS Trust 0.8 10 610 650 Oxfordshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust 0.0 0 130 140 Royal Berkshire Ambulance NHS Trust 2— 2— 280 290 South Devon Health Care NHS Trust 1— 1— 1— 1— Surrey and Hampshire Borders NHS Trust 1— 1— 1— 1— Surrey Ambulance Service NHS Trust 0.0 0 340 350 Sussex Ambulance Service NHS Trust 0.0 0 670 680 Two Shires Ambulance Service NHS Trust 0.0 0 340 340 West Country Ambulance Service NSH Trust 0.4 0 820 820 Wiltshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust 0.0 0 200 210 1 Figures where sum of staff in post and vacancies is less than 10. 2 Did not receive a return Key notes:
1. Three month vacancy information is at 31 March 2002.
2. Three month vacancies are vacancies 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.
4. Three month vacancy rates are calculated using staff in post from the Vacancy Survey, March 2002.
5. Staff in post data are from the Non-Medical Workforce Census, September 2001.
6. Staff in post data exclude staff employed by health authorities, as vacancy information was only collected from trusts, PCTs and special health authorities.
7. Vacancy and staff in post numbers are rounded to the nearest 10.
8. Percentages are rounded to one decimal place.
Other notes:
9. Due to rounding, totals may not equal the sum of component parts.
10. Due to rounding, calculating the vacancy rates using the above data may not equal the actual vacancy rates.
11. Figures may not match previously published data due to a different method of rounding used on the staff in post data.
12. Only those NHS trusts employing ambulance staff are listed.
Sources:
Vacancy numbers and rates: Department of Health Vacancies Survey March 2002
Non-medical staff in post: Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce census September 2001