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Written question asked by Rosie Cooper (Labour) on Thursday, 19 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 January 2006. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Wednesday, 1 February 2006 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Maternity Services

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many midwives (a) as a headcount and (b) as full-time equivalents have been employed by Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust in each of the last five years;
Answer

The information requested is shown in the table.

Health and social care information centre vacancies survey, NHS three month qualified midwife vacancies for Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust, three month vacancy rates, numbers and staff in post
3 month vacancy rate (percentage) 3 month vacancy (number) Staff in post (full-time equivalent) Staff in post (headcount)
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust RVY
March 2000 0.0 0 — —
September 1999 — — 88 109
March 2001 0.0 0 — —
September 2000 — — 103 150
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust RVY
March 2002 0.0 0 — —
September 2001 — — 94 127
March 2003 0.0 0 — —
September 2002 — — 90 113
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust RVY
March 2004 0.0 0 — —
September 2003 — — 93 116
March 2005 0.0 0 — —
September 2004 — — 93 116
Notes: Three month vacancy notes: 1. Three month vacancy information is as at 31 March each specified year. 2. Three month vacancies are vacancies which trusts are actively trying to fill, which had lasted for three months or more (full-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 Non-Medical Workforce Census September each specified year. 5. Percentages are rounded to one decimal place. Staff in post notes: 1 Staff in post data is from the non-medical workforce census September each specified year General notes: 1. Vacancy and staff in post numbers are rounded to the nearest whole number. 2. Calculating the vacancy rates using the above data may not equal the actual vacancy rates. 3. Due to rounding, totals may not equal the sum of component parts. Source: Health and social care information centre vacancies survey Health and social care information centre non-medical workforce census.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
45098; 442 c614-6W;442 c614-6W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Staff Midwives Vacancies Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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