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Dept of Health

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Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many three month vacancies there are for nursing posts in each NHS trust in the Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority area; and what the three month vacancy rate is in each case. [103769] Ms Blears: The Department's three-month vacancy survey has been collected yearly since March 1999. The most recent number of three-month nursing vacancies in each national health service trust in the Thames Valley Health Authority area is shown in the table. Department of Health Vacancies Survey, March 2002 Vacancies in NHS Trusts in England and in the Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority area, qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff 3 month vacancy rates, numbers and staff in post _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 3 month vacancy rate 3 month vacancy number Staff in post Staff in post percentage (whole-time equivalent) (headcount) March 2002 September 2001 England (excluding HA staff) 3.1 8,394 265,717 329,981 Thames Valley 3.7 362 9,653 12,885 Berkshire Healthcare NHS 2.9 17 676 850 Trust Buckinghamshire Mental 0.7 2 344 401 Health NHS Trust East Berkshire Community 6.2 13 226 341 Health NHS Trust Heatherwood and Wexham Park 10.6 94 893 1,213 Hospitals NHS Trust Milton Keynes General 7.8 49 564 818 Hospital NHS Trust Nuffield Orthopaedic NHS 0.0 0 244 335 Trust Oxford Radcliffe Hospital 1.7 37 1,952 2,350 NHS Trust Oxfordshire Ambulance -- 0 -- -- Service NHS Trust Oxfordshire Learning 7.0 6 91 106 Disabilities NHS Trust Oxfordshire Mental 0.0 0 390 470 Healthcare NHS Trust Royal Berkshire and Battle 0.9 11 1,214 1,713 Hospitals NHS Trust Royal Berkshire Ambulance n/a n/a -- -- NHS Trust South Buckinghamshire NHS 4.8 40 783 1,090 Trust Stoke Mandeville Hospital 5.9 36 547 750 NHS Trust Two Shires Ambulance NHS 0.0 0 54 70 Trust _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 3 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) 3. Three moth Vacancy Rates are three moth vacancies expressed as a percentage of three moth vacancies plus staff in post 4. Three month Vacancy Rates for non-medical staff are calculated using staff in post from the Vacancy Survey, March 2002 5. Percentages are rounded to one decimal place 6. `--' figures where sum of staff in post (as at 31 March 2002) and vacancies is zero 7. n/a = did not receive a return. Staff in post notes: 1. Staff in post data is from the Non-Medical Workforce Census, September 2001 2. Staff in post data excludes staff employed by Health Authorities, as vacancy information was only collected from Trusts, PCTs and Special Health Authorities 3. `--' figures where staff in post (as at 30 September 2001) is zero 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 4. StHA figures are based on Trusts, and do not necessarily reflect the geographical provision of health care Sources: Department of Health Vacancies Survey, March 2002 Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census, September 2001

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

103769; 402 c204-6W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

NHS trusts Nurses Vacancies Thames Valley

Contains statistics

Yes

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