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Written question asked by Tim Loughton (Conservative) on Tuesday, 14 September 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 October 2004. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Monday, 11 October 2004 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Dept of Health

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the vacancy rates are for (a) psychiatrists and (b) community psychiatric nurses in the NHS. - Including figures.
Answer

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the vacancy rates are for (a) psychiatrists and (b) community psychiatric nurses in the NHS. [189425] Mr. Hutton: As at March 2004 the three month vacancy rate was 9.6 per cent. for psychiatrists and 1.9 per cent. for qualified nurses working in community psychiatric nursing services.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
425 c152W; 189425
Session
2003-04
Subjects
NHS Psychiatry Vacancies Psychiatric nurses
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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