§ Mr. RuffleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nursing vacancies there were in each(a) Suffolk, (b) Norfolk, (c) Essex and (d) Cambridgeshire NHS trust in each year since 1999. [104812]
§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nursing vacancies there were in each Essex NHS trust in(a) 1997 and (b) 2002. [103121]
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§ Mr. LammyThe first Department of Health vacancy survey was conducted in 1999. Information requested for March 2002 is shown in the table.
Department of Health Vacancies Survey, March 2002 Vacancies in NHS Trusts in the specified Health Authority areas, by Trust, qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff 3 month vacancy member England (excluding HA staff) 8,394 North Essex HA 190 Tendring PCT 0 Epping Forest PCT 8 Harlow PCT 6 Maldon and South Chelmsford PCT 14 Colchester PCT 0 Uttlesford PCT 11 Essex Ambulance Service NHS Trust 13 Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust 34 New Possibilities NHS Trust 0 Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust 19 Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust 70 North Essex Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust 15 South Essex HA 48 Southend On Sea PCT 0 Billericay Brentwood and Wickford PCT 0 Thurrock PCT 2 Basildon PCT 1 Southend Health Care NHS Trust 23 Basildon and Thurrock General Hospitals NHS Trust 13 South Essex Mental Health and Community Care NHS Trust 9 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)
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 health care.
Sources:
Department of Health Vacancies Survey, March 2002