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Written question asked by John Baron (Conservative) on Wednesday, 11 February 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 2 March 2004. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Tuesday, 2 March 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 health visitors in (a) Lambeth and (b) Sutton primary care trusts. - Inc table. (Holding answer 24 February 2004).
Answer

Mr. Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the vacancy rates are for health visitors in (a) Lambeth and (b) Sutton primary care trusts. [155447] Mr. Hutton :[holding answer 24 February 2004]: The information requested is shown in the table. Department of Health Vacancies Survey, March 2003: Vacancies in England and each specified NHS Trust for qualified health visiting staff, 3 month vacancy rates, numbers and staff in post _________________________________________________________________________________________________. March 2003 September 2002 3 month vacancy 3 month vacancy Staff in post Staff in post rate (Percentage) (Number) (Whole- time (Headcount) equivalent) England 2.3 229 9,912 12,774 Of which: 5LD Lambeth PCT 0.0 0 78 89 5M7 Sutton and Merton 0.0 0 79 105 PCT _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 3 month vacancy 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. Staff in post notes: 1. Staff in post data is from the Non-Medical Workforce Census, September 2002. 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. Sources: Department of Health Vacancies Survey, March 2003. Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census, September 2002.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
418 c862W;418 c882W; 155447
Session
2003-04
Subjects
Health visitors Vacancies Sutton Lambeth
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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