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Written question asked by Gloria De Piero (Labour) on Friday, 7 July 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 12 July 2017 (named day). It was answered by Philip Dunne (Conservative) on Wednesday, 12 July 2017 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Health Professions: Vacancies

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which specialist areas of medicine are experiencing shortages of (a) consultants and (b) registrars; and how many vacancies there are in those disciplines.

Answer

The information is not available in the format requested.

Health Education England (HEE) provide estimates of staff shortages as part of their Workforce Plan for England publication. Staff shortages as defined by HEE may be filled by staff working in Agency, Bank or overtime, however no estimate of the extent to which this occurs is available.

The latest figures are available at the following link:

hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Workforce%20Plan%20for%20England%202016-17.pdf

HEE plan to publish the Workforce Plan for England 2017/18 in due course.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
3705
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Health professions Vacancies
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk