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Dept of Health

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Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many nursing vacancies there are in the Buckinghamshire Health Authority area; [191038] (2) how many nurses are employed in each of the hospitals located in Buckinghamshire Health Authority. [191039] Ms Rosie Winterton: The number of nursing vacancies and the number of nurses employed in the Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority area, which includes the old Buckinghamshire Health Authority are shown in the table. Department of Health vacancies survey, March 2004--NHS three month vacancies in England by specified Government office region, strategic health authority area and organisation, for qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff--three month vacancy rates, numbers and staff in post _________________________________________________________________________________________________. All qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff March 2004 September 2003 Three month vacancy Three month vacancy Staff in post Staff in post rate (percentage) (number) (whole- time (headcount) equivalent) England 2.6 7,508 291,925 364,692 Of which: South East Government 3.5 1,368 40,283 53,100 office region Of which: Q16 Thames Valley SHA 2.9 295 10,621 13,975 Berkshire Healthcare NHS RWX 4.5 21 522 575 Trust Bracknell Forest PCT 5G2 10.9 7 56 87 Buckinghamshire Mental RWT 4.5 14 291 325 Health NHS Trust Buckinghamshire Hospitals RXQ 0.4 5 1,231 1,766 NHS Trust Cherwell Vale PCT 5DV 2.3 2 82 120 Chiltern and South Bucks 5G4 0.0 -- 142 228 PCT Heatherwood and Wexham Park RD7 4.1 39 978 1,247 Hospitals NHS Trust Milton Keynes General RD8 0.0 -- 642 824 Hospital NHS Trust Milton Keynes PCT 5CQ 6.0 19 308 380 Newbury and Community PCT 5DK 3.5 4 121 184 North East Oxfordshire PCT 5DT 0.5 0 48 77 Nuffield Orthopaedic NHS RBF 1.6 4 233 294 Trust Oxford City PCT 5DW 2.3 4 162 277 Oxford Radcliffe Hospital RTH 1.8 43 2,797 3,713 NHS Trust Oxfordshire Ambulance NHS RNY -- -- -- -- Trust Oxfordshire Learning RHX 1.4 1 77 85 Disability NHS Trust Oxfordshire Mental RNU 17.3 90 434 506 Healthcare NHS Trust Reading PCT 5DL 7.6 14 190 288 Royal Berkshire Ambulance RH1 -- -- -- -- Service NHS Trust Royal Berkshire and Battle RHW 0.5 6 1,239 1,498 Hospitals NHS Trust Slough PCT 5DM 1.8 3 154 195 South East Oxfordshire PCT 5DX 0.0 -- 95 132 South West Oxfordshire PCT 5DY 2.1 4 199 275 Thames Valley SHA Q16 1-- -- -- -- Two Shires Ambulance NHS RHY 0.0 -- 51 67 Trust Vale Of Aylesbury PCT 5DP 3.3 6 227 320 Windsor, Ascot and 5G3 3.3 4 134 200 Maidenhead PCT Wokingham PCT 5DN 1.2 1 108 162 Wycombe PCT 5G5 2.0 2 99 150 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Figures where sum of staff in post (as at 30 March 2004) and vacancies is less than 10. Notes: 1. Three month vacancy information is as at 31 March 2003. 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 for non-medical staff are calculated using staff in post from the vacancy survey, March 2003. 5. Percentages are rounded to one decimal place. 6. `--' = zero. 7. Staff in post data is from the non-medical workforce census, September 2002. 8. Vacancy and staff in post numbers are rounded to the nearest whole number. 9. Calculating the vacancy rates using the above data may not equal the actual vacancy rates. 10. Due to rounding, totals may not equal the sum of component parts Sources: Department of Health vacancies survey, March 2003. Department of Health non-medical workforce census, September 2002.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

425 c496-8W; 191038;191039

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Nurses Staff Vacancies Buckinghamshire

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