Health Professions: Vacancies

(asked on 18th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many vacant (a) nurse, (b) doctor and (c) GP positions there are in (i) Coventry, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England.


Answered by
Edward Argar Portrait
Edward Argar
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 25th January 2022

NHS England and NHS Improvement collect vacancy data for three staff groups: doctors, registered nurses, and ‘other staff’. These vacancy statistics are published by NHS Digital for England and at the regional level. The latest data as of September 2021 shows 39,813 registered nursing vacancies and 8,333 medical vacancies in England, full time equivalent (FTE). Data for the West Midlands is not available. However, in the Midlands area as of September 2021 there were 7,897 registered nursing vacancies and 2,102 medical vacancies, FTE. Many of the vacancies will be covered by bank and agency staff. The data requested on vacant general practitioner positions in these areas is not collected centrally.

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