Skip to main content

Written question asked by Chuka Umunna (Labour) on Monday, 10 December 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 12 December 2018. It was answered by Stephen Hammond (Conservative) on Tuesday, 18 December 2018 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


NHS: Vacancies

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS Improvement's Quarter three 2017-18 performance report, published in February 2018, how many of the (a) 35,000 nurse vacancies and (b) nearly 10,000 doctor post vacancies identified in that report have now been filled.

Answer

This information is not held in the format requested.

NHS Improvement estimate as at 30 September 2018, around 80% of nursing vacancies and 85% of medical vacancies are being filled by a combination of bank and agency staff.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
200716
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Doctors Nurses Vacancies
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk