Hospitals: Vacancies
(asked on 18th July 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS hospitals have had vacancies for medical staff unfilled for more than (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four years.
This question was answered on 24th July 2017
This information is not held centrally.
Health Education England (HEE) provides estimates of staff shortages and the plan for tackling these issues as part of their Workforce Plan for England publication. The latest figures are available at the following link.
https://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.