NHS Staff Vacancies at 30 September 2007

The Release
Statistical Release 42/2008 (PDF 130kB)

This release presents summary information on NHS posts that had been vacant for three months or more. All data relates to whole-time equivalent numbers.  Data are collected from individual NHS Trusts and are subject to validation checks centrally prior to publication but it is the responsibility of Trusts to ensure that the figures have been compiled correctly in accordance with central definitions and guidelines.  More detailed data, including trust level information is published on the StatsWales site.

Summary

At 30 September 2007:

• 602 NHS posts had been vacant for three months or more. This represents a 27 per cent increase on the 472 vacancies reported six months earlier.
• These vacancies account for 0.9 per cent of all NHS posts compared to 0.7 per cent six months earlier and 0.9 per cent a year ago.

The vacancies in different staff groups were as follows:

• 57 (2.8 per cent of posts) consultant posts – a decrease from 60 (3.0 per cent of posts) six months earlier.
• 165 (0.8 per cent of posts) qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff - an increase from 94 (0.4 per cent of posts) six months earlier.
• 43 (1.0 per cent of posts) qualified allied health professional staff - a decrease from 47 (1.2 per cent of posts) six months earlier.
• 27 (1.3 per cent of posts) qualified scientific and technical staff - an increase from 9 (0.4 per cent of posts) six months earlier.
• 23 (1.2 per cent of posts) qualified healthcare scientists - an increase from 16 (0.8 per cent of posts) six months earlier.

Contact:
Tel: 029 2082 5080
E-mail: stats.healthinfo@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Further information can be found on the StatsWales website.

Next Update: 
August 2008 (provisional - to be confirmed on the Due Out Soon page)