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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-06-26more like thismore than 2019-06-26
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Nurses: Vacancies more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the vacancy rate is for nurses in (a) the NHS and (b) social care. more like this
tabling member constituency Mid Sussex more like this
tabling member printed
Sir Nicholas Soames more like this
uin 269596 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-07-01more like thismore than 2019-07-01
answer text <p>Since April 2017, NHS Improvement collects vacancy rates of medical staff from individual National Health Service providers and publish them as part of its ‘Quarterly performance of the NHS provider sector’ report. The vacancy data is published for three staff groups; doctors, nurses and ‘other staff’. The report can be found in the following link:</p><p><a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/5404/Performance_of_the_NHS_provider_sector_for_the_quarter_4_1819.pdf" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/5404/Performance_of_the_NHS_provider_sector_for_the_quarter_4_1819.pdf</a></p><p>The latest available data as at March 2019, shows there are over 39,500 nursing and midwifery vacancies across the NHS. This is a vacancy rate of 11.1%. There are 40,300 nursing and midwifery temporary staff (bank and agency) who are used to fill in these vacancies as well as short and long-term sickness absence and maternity leave.</p><p>Skills for Care estimates that in 2017/18, there are over 4,400 vacant registered nursing jobs in social care. This is a vacancy rate of 12.3%.</p><p>The interim people Plan, which was published on 3 June 2019, sets out a shared vision and plan of action to put NHS people at the heart of NHS policy and delivery and ensure the NHS has the staff it needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Wimbledon more like this
answering member printed Stephen Hammond more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-07-01T15:27:12.04Zmore like thismore than 2019-07-01T15:27:12.04Z
answering member
1585
label Biography information for Stephen Hammond more like this
tabling member
116
label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching remove filter
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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-06-26more like thismore than 2019-06-26
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Streptococcus: Health Education more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government will recognise July as International Group B Strep Awareness Month; and what progress has been made on improving (a) prevention and (b) awareness of group B streptococcus . more like this
tabling member constituency Mid Sussex more like this
tabling member printed
Sir Nicholas Soames more like this
uin 269598 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-07-01more like thismore than 2019-07-01
answer text <p>The Department continues to support awareness of Group B streptococcus, alongside the wider international community.</p><p>Group B streptococcus is the leading cause of bacterial infection in newborn babies. The Government has recognised there are gaps in the evidence relating to this issue and the National Institute for Health Research has commissioned a trial to compare the clinical and cost effectiveness of universal screening compared with usual risk-based care, which will help to understand more about the potential benefits and harms of this approach.</p><p>This is a large-scale and ambitious trial, the results of which will be of interest to the United Kingdom National Screening Committee and will form one piece of the developing evidence picture to inform its future recommendations for screening for Group B streptococcus.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency South Ribble more like this
answering member printed Seema Kennedy more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-07-01T15:15:23.657Zmore like thismore than 2019-07-01T15:15:23.657Z
answering member
4455
label Biography information for Seema Kennedy more like this
tabling member
116
label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching remove filter