§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many nurses are employed in each of the hospitals located in the Buckinghamshire Health Authority; [106990]
(2) how many nursing vacancies there are in the Buckinghamshire Health Authority area; and what the average figure is for each hospital trust. [106989]
§ Ms BlearsThe number of nursing vacancies in the Buckinghamshire Health Authority Area is shown in table 1.
Table 1. Department of Health Vacancies Survey, March 2002— Vacancies in NHS Trusts in the Buckinghamshire Health
Authority area, by organisation, qualified nursing, midwifery and
health visiting staff three month vacancy rates and numbers
Qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff—March
2002
Three month vacancy rate
(percentage)
Three month vacancy
number
Buckinghamshire HA 4.7 135 Buckinghamshire HA — — Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Trust 0.7 2 Milton Keynes General Hospital NHS Trust 7.8 49 Milton Keynes PCT 2.8 7 South Buckinghamshire NHS Trust 4.8 40 Stoke Mandeville Hospital NHS Trust 5.9 36 Two Shires Ambulance NHS Trust 0.0 0 Vale of Aylesbury PCT 0.9 2 Three month vacancy notes:
1. Three month vacancy information is as 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.
328W4. Three month Vacancy Rates for non-medical staff are calculated using staff in post from the Vacancy Survey, March 2002.
5. Percentages are rounded to one decimal place.
6. Not available as vacancy information was only collected from Trusts, PCTs and Special Health Authorities.
General notes:
1. Vacancy numbers are rounded to the nearest whole number.
2. Due to rounding, totals may not equal the sum of component parts.
3. HA figures are based on Trusts, and do not necessarily reflect the geographical provision of healthcare.
Source:
Department of Health Vacancies Survey, March 2002
The information for the number of nurses employed in each of the hospitals located in the Buckinghamshire Health Authority area is not collected centrally at individual hospital level. However, this information is shown by trust and primary care trust (PCT) in table 2.
Table 2. Number of qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff in the Buckinghamshire area, by organisation as at
30 September 2001
Qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff—September
2001
Whole-time equivalent
Headcount Buckinghamshire HA 2,824 3,859 Buckinghamshire HA 1— 1— Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Trust 344 401 Milton Keynes General Hospital NHS Trust 564 818 Milton Keynes PCT 310 377 South Buckinghamshire NHS Trust 783 1,090 Stoke Mandeville Hospital NHS Trust 547 750 Two Shires Ambulance NHS Trust 54 70 Vale of Aylesbury PCT 222 351 1 Five or less and greater than zero. Notes:
1. Figures are rounded to the nearest whole number.
2. Due to rounding, totals may not equal the sum of component parts.
3. Due to rounding, totals may not equal the sum of component parts.
4. HA figures are based on Trusts, and do not necessarily reflect the geographical provision of healthcare.
Source:
Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census, September 2001.