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Midwifery (North Wales)

Answer

[holding answer 24 January 2006]: Information is not available in the format requested. However, the table shows three month vacancies of qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff in the North West by organisation.

Health and Social Care Information Centre Vacancies Survey March 2005 NHS three month vacancies of qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff in the North West Government office region by organisation
	All nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff
	March 2005			September 2004
			Staff in post
	Three month vacancy rate (percentage)	Three month vacancy (number)	Full-time equivalent	Headcount
England	1.7	6,930	400,291	511,607
North West Government Office Region Total	0.9	601	65,566	80,785
Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority area Total	0.7	161	22,475	27,833
Five Borough Partnership NHS Trust	1.5	19	1,191	1,336
Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust	1.0	11	1,138	1,328
Bebington and West Wirral PCT	0.0	0	222	334
Birkenhead and Wallasey PCT	0.0	0	265	363
Cardiothoracic Centre—Liverpool NHS Trust	0.0	0	565	753
Central Cheshire PCT	0.0	0	361	636
Central Liverpool PCT	0.2	1	545	657
Cheshire and Merseyside SHA	0.0	0	0	1
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Trust	1.7	21	1,194	1,365
Cheshire West PCT	0.0	0	171	252
Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Trust	0.0	0	125	145
Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust	2.7	24	867	1,056
East Cheshire NHS Trust	0.1	1	738	1,079
Eastern Cheshire PCT	1.0	2	197	319
Ellesmere Port and Neston PCT	0.8	2	186	260
Halton PCT	0.3	1	205	282
Knowsley PCT	0.4	1	254	324
Liverpool Womens Hospital NHS Trust	0.0	0	593	730
Mersey Care NHS Trust	0.1	3	2,143	2,357
Mersey Regional Ambulance Service NHS Trust	—	0	0	0
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust	1.2	9	742	918
North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust	0.9	10	1,203	1,454
North Liverpool PCT	1.0	2	205	283
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospitals University NHS Trust	0.9	20	2,218	2,557
Royal Liverpool Childrens NHS Trust	0.0	0	845	1,013
South Liverpool PCT	0.7	1	136	166
South Sefton PCT	1.6	5	305	377
Southport and Formby PCT	2.3	4	168	242
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust	0.0	0	1,042	1,492
St. Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust	0.9	15	1,723	2,084
St. Helens PCT	2.1	5	236	305
Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery NHS Trust	0.0	0	254	288
Warrington PCT	0.5	1	263	369
Wirral Hospital NHS Trust	0.2	4	2,177	2,708
Cumbria and Lancashire Strategic Health Authority area Total	0.5	94	18,601	23,141
Blackburn with Darwen PCT	0.0	0	235	330
Blackpool PCT	1.1	3	245	337
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Trust	1.4	28	1,970	2,460
Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale PCT	0.4	3	588	725
Calderstones NHS Trust	0.0	0	467	484
Carlisle and District PCT	0.3	1	162	255
Chorley and South Ribble PCT	0.0	0	371	446
Cumbria Ambulance Service NHS Trust	—	0	0	0
Cumbria and Lancashire SHA	0.0	0	1	1
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust	0.0	0	2,554	3,038
Eden Valley PCT	0.0	0	218	338
Fylde PCT	0.0	0	164	216
Hyndburn and Ribble Valley PCT	1.6	9	528	688
Lancashire Ambulance Service NHS Trust	—	0	0	0
Lancashire Care NHS Trust	1.1	20	1,865	2,302
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	0.7	14	1,822	2,233
Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS Trust	0.1	2	3,087	3,586
Morecambe Bay PCT	0.0	0	1,328	1,712
North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	0.2	2	1,536	2,001
North Cumbria Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Trust	0.0	0	563	661
Preston PCT	1.2	4	342	478
West Cumbria PCT	2.1	5	237	376
West Lancashire PCT	2.6	5	171	256
Wyre PCT	0.0	0	149	218
Greater Manchester Strategic Health Authority area Total	1.4	345	24,489	29,811
Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT	0.0	0	436	580
Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust	0.1	2	1,608	1,855
Bolton PCT	0.0	0	463	596
Bolton Salford and Trafford Mental Health NHS Trust	4.2	66	1,532	1,668
Bury PCT	7.1	20	261	333
Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust	1.4	36	2,567	2,949
Central Manchester PCT	0.0	0	389	527
Christie Hospital NHS Trust	2.4	12	486	599
Greater Manchester Ambulance Service NHS Trust	0.0	0	2	2
Greater Manchester SHA	0.0	0	36	36
Heywood and Middleton PCT	1.8	2	110	128
Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust	0.5	4	870	960
North Manchester PCT	0.0	0	193	242
Oldham PCT	0.0	0	305	344
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	1.1	44	3,807	4,725
Pennine Care NHS Trust	5.5	76	1,306	1,475
Rochdale PCT	0.6	1	156	180
Salford PCT	0.0	0	551	705
Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust	0.6	10	1,656	1,987
South Manchester PCT	0.0	0	286	364
South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust	2.1	36	1,659	1,924
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust	0.9	12	1,345	1,853
Stockport PCT	0.5	2	407	582
Tameside and Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust	0.4	4	1,065	1,353
Tameside and Glossop PCT	0.0	0	325	455
Trafford Health care NHS Trust	0.4	3	799	1,081
Trafford North PCT	0.0	0	127	171
Trafford South PCT	0.0	0	126	205
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust	0.9	15	1,617	1,932
Notes: Three month vacancy: 1. Three month vacancy information is as at 31 March 2005. 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. 4. Three month vacancy rates are calculated using staff in post from the Non-Medical Workforce Census September 2004. 5. Percentages are rounded to 1 decimal place 6. — zero. Staff in post: 1. Staff in post data is from the Non-Medical Workforce Census September 2004. 2. — zero. General: 1. Vacancy and staff in post numbers are rounded to the nearest whole number. 2. Calculating the vacancy rates using the aforementioned data may not equal the actual vacancy rates. 3. Due to rounding, totals may not equal the sum of component parts. 4. Strategic health authority figures are based on trusts, and do not necessarily reflect the geographical provision of health care. Sources: 1. Health and Social Care Information Centre Vacancies Survey March 2005. 2. Health and Social Care Information Centre Non-Medical Workforce Census September 2004.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

45176; 442 c178-82W;442 c178-82W

Session

2005-06

Subjects

Midwives Vacancies North West

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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