HC Deb 13 February 2002 vol 380 cc499-500W
Mr. Martlew

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the consultancy vacancies at the Cumberland Infirmary and the West Cumbria hospitals, indicating how long each post has been vacant. [34563]

Jacqui Smith

Data relating to consultant vacancies in the former Carlisle Hospitals National Health Service Trust and the West Cumbria Healthcare NHS Trust are shown in the table. Data related to the trusts have been supplied as information relating to individual hospitals is not collected centrally. The trusts may not directly correspond to existing trusts due to mergers occurring after the vacancy survey was conducted. The vacancy is collected on the basis that it has been unfilled for three months or more.

NHS vacancy survey, March 2001: Three month vacancy rates and numbers—Consultants
Three month vacancy rates (percentage) Number of three month vacancies
England 3.0 670
Northern and Yorkshire 3.6 110
West Cumbria Healthcare NHS Trust 0.0 1—
Carlisle Hospitals NHS Trust 5.2 1—
1 Figures based on less than 10 posts

Notes:

  1. 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. 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 work force censuses (whole-time equivalent)
  3. 3. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10
  4. 4. Percentages rounded to one decimal place
  5. 5. England totals include staff from special health authorities
  6. 6. Totals may not equal sum of component parts due to rounding

Source:

NHS Vacancy Survey, March 2001