NHS: Vacancies

(asked on 15th October 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there is any requirement for NHS Trusts and Health Boards to collate data on how many (1) junior doctor, (2) consultant, and (3) nurse shifts go unfilled; and if so, to whom any such information is reported.


Answered by
Lord O'Shaughnessy Portrait
Lord O'Shaughnessy
This question was answered on 29th October 2018

National Health Service trusts are not required to report unfilled shifts for any staff group across the system in England.

The requirement to collate such data by Health Boards is a matter for the devolved administrations.

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