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Dept of Health

Answer

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many of the additional accident and emergency nurses announced by his Department on 23 October 2001 have been recruited; and where they are located. [87529] Mr. Lammy: On 25 October 2001, the Reforming Emergency Care Strategy was announced including £40 million to fund an additional 600 accident and emergency nursing (A&E) posts. At 30 November 2002, 743 additional A&E nurses announced on 25 October 2001 had been recruited and 679 of these were in post. The location by strategic health authority (StHA) of these additional nurses is shown in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of these nurses Number of these nurses in post by 30 November appointed but not yet in post by 30 November DHSC StHA Whole time equivalent England 679.35 63.95 Y21 London 154.9 12 Y22 Midland and Eastern 159.22 14 Y23 North 194.8 30.35 Y24 South 170.43 7.6 Y21 Q04 North West London StHA 45 4 Y21 Q05 North Central London 25 1 StHA Y21 Q06 North East London StHA 35.4 1 Y21 Q07 South East London StHA 32.5 5 Y21 Q08 South West London StHA 17 1 Y22 Q24 Trent StHA 26 5 Y22 Q25 Leicestershire, 14.06 0 Northamptonshire and Rutland StHA Y22 Q26 Shropshire and 9.8 1 Staffordshire StHA Y22 Q27 Birmingham and the Black 37 0 Country StHA Y22 Q28 Coventry, Warwickshire, 16 0 Herefordshire and Worcestershire StHA Y22 Q01 Norfolk, Suffolk and 10 3 Cambridgeshire StHA Y22 Q02 Bedfordshire and 27.82 5 Hertfordshire StHA Y22 Q03 Essex StHA 18.54 0 Y23 Q09 Northumberland, Tyne and 15.9 1.5 Wear StHA Y23 Q10 County Durham and Tees 19 22.65 Valley StHA Y23 Q11 North and East Yorkshire 12 0 and Northern Lincolnshire StHA Y23 Q12 West Yorkshire StHA 33.2 1.2 Y23 Q13 Cumbria and Lancashire 26 0 StHA Y23 Q14 Greater Manchester StHA 34.75 0 Y23 Q15 Cheshire and Merseyside 40.4 5 StHA Y23 Q23 South Yorkshire StHA 13.55 0 Y24 Q16 Thames Valley StHA 21.5 0 Y24 Q17 Hampshire and Isle of 25.69 2 Wight StHA Y24 Q18 Kent and Medway StHA 13 0 Y24 Q19 Surrey and Sussex StHA 58.29 1.6 Y24 Q20 Avon, Gloucestershire 36.85 0 and Wiltshire StHA Y24 Q21 South West Peninsula 8.6 1 StHA Y24 Q22 Somerset and Dorset StHA 6.5 3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

87529; 397 c176-8W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Recruitment Location Nurses Accident and emergency departments

Contains statistics

Yes

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