§ Mrs. Iris RobinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many full-time(a) nurses and (b) administrators are employed by the NHS in Northern Ireland. [187805]
§ Angela SmithMe information requested is as follows.
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Number of full-time nurses employed within all NI HPSS1 organisations as at 30 June 2004 Nursing staff group Headcount Qualified Nurses 8,544 Unqualified Nurses 2,513 Total 11,057 1Health and Personal Social Services. Note: Bank staff who cover for staffing shortfalls and fluctuating workloads in order to maintain service delivery have been removed from these figures. Student nurses have also been removed.
Number of full-time administration and clerical staff employed within all NI HPSS1 organisations ay at 30 June 2004 Administration and Clerical staff group Headcount Clerical and Admin 6,806 Manager 728 Senior Manager 1,011 Senior Executives 166 Board Member 151 Total 8,862 1 Health and Personal Social Services. Note: Bank staff who cover for staffing shortfalls and fluctuating workloads in order to maintain service delivery have been removed from these figures.
§ Mrs. Iris RobinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many nursing vacancies there are at each health trust in the Province. [187779]
§ Angela SmithThe number of vacancies as at 30 June 2004 are as follows.
Number of nursing midwifery and health writing vacancies within all trusts as at 30 June 2004 Trust Headcount vacanices WTE1 vacancies Altnagelvin Group HSS Trust 69 68.7 Armagh and Dungannon HSS Trust 10 8.3 Belfast City Hospital HSS Trust 78 76.1 Causeway HSS Trust 8 7.1 Craigavon and Banbridge Community HSS Trust 13 11.0 Craigavon Area Hospital Group HSS Trust 9 7.7 Down Lisbum HSS Trust 22 21.3 Foyle Community HSS Trust 8 8.0 Greenpark Healthcare HSS Trust 45 44.3 Homefirst Community HSS Trust 24 n/a Mater Infirmorum Hospital HSS Trust 111 108.4 Newry and Moume HSS Trust 13 13.0 North and West Belfast HSS Trust 21 13.4 Royal Group of Hospitals HSS Trust 219 191.8 South and East Belfast HSS Trust 86 85.3 Sperrin Lakeland HSS Trust 28 28.0 Ulster Community and Hospitals Group HSS Trust 48 42.2 United Hospitals Group HSS Trust 38 38.0 Total 850 2772.7 1Whole time equivalent. 2Total WTE figure does not include Homefirst.
§ Mrs. Iris RobinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many overseas nurses are working at each health trust in the Province. [187780]
§ Angela SmithAs at 31 August 2004, the total number of overseas nurses employed within health and social services trusts in Northern Ireland was 815. Figures are detailed by trust as follows.
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HSS1 trust Number Altnagelvin Group HSS Trust 37 Armagh and Dungannon HSS Trust 0 Belfast City Hospital HSS Trust 53 Causeway HSS Trust 13 Craigavon and Banbridge Comm. HSS Trust 2 Craigavon Area Hospital HSS Trust 50 Down Lisburn HSS Trust 56 Foyle Community HSS Trust 1 Greenpark Healthcare HSS Trust 58
Homefirst Community HSS Trust 36 Mater Infirmorum Hospital HSS Trust 51 Newry and Moume HSS Trust 3 North and West Belfast HSS Trust 0 Royal Group of Hospitals HSS Trust 226 South and East Belfast HSS Trust 0 Sperrin Lakeland HSS Trust 41 Ulster Community and Hospitals Group HSS Trust 114 United Hospitals Group HSS Trust 74 Total 815 1Health and social services.