Your current number of current unfilled vacancies/positions across all departments
As at the end of December 2018, the Trusts reported vacancies were;
| WORKFORCE VACANCIES | 31/12/2018 |
| WTE | |
| In Month Overall Staff Vacancies WTE | 1,973.5 |
| Registered Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting Staff Vacancy WTE | 824.8 |
| Registered Midwife Vacancy WTE | 9.9 |
| Registered Health Visitor Vacancy WTE | 0.0 |
| Advanced Care Practitioner Vacancy WTE | 0.0 |
| Qualified AHP Vacancy WTE | 30.3 |
| Qualified Physiotherapist Vacancy WTE | 2.9 |
| Qualified Occupational Therapist Vacancy WTE | 0.0 |
| Qualified Paramedic Vacancy WTE | 0.0 |
| Medical/Dental (Total) Vacancy WTE | 237.6 |
| Medical/Dental Consultant Vacancy WTE | 87.1 |
| Support to Clinical Staff Vacancy WTE | 238.6 |
| Support to Nursing Vacancy WTE | 200.1 |
| NHS Infrastructure Vacancy WTE | 510.5 |
This is in WTE (Whole Time Equivalent) i.e. 1 x Full Time member of staff equals 1 WTE. This is split across the various staff groups as required in reporting to NHS regulators such as NHS Improvement.
How long each of those positions has been unfilled
The Trust employees over 20,000 staff, the vacancies above are shown at a point in time and therefore could have been vacant for one week, one month or longer. The vacancy numbers are collated by comparing actual staff in post to the funded staffing budgets, the Trust does not have the capability to breakdown each separate vacancy to determine by how long it has been unfilled.
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Number of urgent operations and procedures cancelled per month for the past five years
This information is available at https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/critical-care-capacity/ . We are therefore withholding this information under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 “information already accessible “.
