Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many FTE vacancies for (a) registered nurses and (b) medical staff there were in each quarter from Q1 2018-19 up to and including Q1 2020-21.
NHS Improvement collects vacancy data for three staff groups; doctors, nurses and ‘other staff’. This data is published quarterly by NHS Digital and can be found via the following link:
The following table shows the vacancy rate and full time equivalent (FTE) vacancies for nursing and medical (doctors) staff from 2018/19 Q1 to 2019/20 Q4, the latest available data.
. | Nursing |
| Medical |
|
. | Vacancy rate | FTE Vacancies | Vacancy rate | FTE Vacancies |
2018/19 Q1 | 12.00% | 42,589 | 9.60% | 12,025 |
2018/19 Q2 | 12.10% | 42,679 | 7.70% | 9,743 |
2018/19 Q3 | 11.10% | 39,686 | 7.10% | 8,989 |
2018/19 Q4 | 11.10% | 39,520 | 7.20% | 9,183 |
2019/20 Q1 | 12.30% | 43,617 | 9.00% | 11,619 |
2019/20 Q2 | 12.10% | 43,463 | 7.10% | 9,265 |
2019/20 Q3 | 10.70% | 38,785 | 6.60% | 8,734 |
2019/20 Q4 | 9.90% | 36,083 | 6.30% | 8,338 |