Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of NHS workforce vacancies in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England; and what steps he is taking to fill such vacancies in those areas.

The information on vacancies in Coventry and the West Midlands is not collected in the format requested. However, as of June 2022, there were 25,225 full time equivalent (FTE) vacancies in the Midlands and 132,139 FTE vacancies in England. Local National Health Service trusts are responsible for managing staffing levels and recruiting the appropriate health professionals required to meet local service need.