Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

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.

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.