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Dept of Health

Answer

Mr. Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS vacancies there were for (a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) midwives, (d) health visitors, (e) professions allied to medicine and (f) management and administration staff for each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; how many posts in each category have been vacant for longer than three months; and if he will make a statement. [157323] Mr. Denham: [pursuant to his reply, 9 May 2001, c. 453-54W]: The Department has collected data on the number of posts that have been vacant for three months or more as at 31 March in 1999 and 2000. The information is in the table. Department of Health vacancies survey 3 month vacancy figures{ 1} in England as at 31 March for each year _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1999 2000 Consultants 470 590 Qualified nurses 7,150 9,870 Of which: Midwives 370 490 Health visitors 100 190 Professions allied to Medicine{2} 860 1,510 Administration and Estates{3} 640 1,740 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Posts that had been vacant for 3 months or more at 31 March each year. {2} Professions allied to Medicine staff include the following occupation groups: Chiropody, Dietetics, Occupational therapy, Orthoptics/optics, Physiotherapy, Diagnostic radiography, Therapeutic radiology, Art/ Music/Drama therapy. {3} Management and Administration staff are part of Administration and Estates Staff group, and can not be separately identified. Note: Figures are whole-time equivalents rounded to the nearest 10. Source: Department of Health Vacancies Survey

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

368 c209-10W;368 c209W; 157323

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Doctors Health professions Health visitors NHS Nurses Midwives Vacancies

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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