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1697657

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Vacancies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the shortage of NHS staff in rural and understaffed areas.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hay of Ballyore
	uin	HL3449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of expanding the National Health Service workforce, particularly in parts of the country which are understaffed, including rural areas. The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan (LTWP) commits to doubling the number of medical school places, with new medical schools and additional places in geographical areas with the greatest staff shortfalls. Further medical expansion will build on the impact of five new medical schools that have already opened in historically hard-to-recruit rural and coastal locations in Tyne and Wear, West Lancashire, Essex, Lincolnshire, and Kent.</p><p>The LTWP also sets out an aim to further adjust the distribution of postgraduate specialty training places, so that more medical students carry out their postgraduate training in parts of the country with the greatest shortages. Doctors are more likely to settle and practice in the areas they train. Therefore, expansion of places will help to address the need for more staff in these areas.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 26/03/2024 17:37:00 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
	tabling member	4352 label Biography information for Lord Hay of Ballyore

1665334

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Vacancies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of NHS workforce vacancies in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England; and what steps he is taking to fill such vacancies in those areas.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	202993
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>NHS England publishes vacancy statistics for England on a quarterly basis. These present the difference between funded establishment posts and those filled by substantive staff. They do not indicate where vacancies are currently filled with temporary staffing and therefore do not equate to unfilled shifts.</p><p>The statistics are published at a national and a regional level. The data does not allow a differentiation between West and East Midlands. Data is also not available by city; however, NHS England has published trust level vacancy rates for March 2023.</p><p>The latest statistics show that as of June 2023, there are 125,572 full time equivalent (FTE) vacancies across National Health Service trusts in England, representing a rate of 8.9%. For NHS trusts in the Midlands, there are 23,639 FTE vacancies, also representing a rate of 8.9%. As of March 2023, the vacancy rate for University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, was 6.3%.</p><p>The NHS published the Long Term Workforce Plan in June this year, backed by over £2.4 billion over the next five years to fund additional education and training places. The Long Term Workforce Plan will double medical school training places to 15,000 by 2031, increase the number of general practitioner training places by 50% to 6,000 by 2031 and almost double the number of adult nurse training places by 2031, with around 58,000 nurse and midwife training places a year by 2031/32.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/10/2023 11:29:41 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1660217

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Vacancies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate (a) his Department and (b) NHS England have made on the number of staffing vacancies in the NHS in England in financial year 2026-27.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	199166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>No specific estimates have been made.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/09/2023 12:49:38 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 95392 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1604553

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Vacancies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) reduce shortages in the NHS workforce and (b) improve the capacity of NHS services.
	tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
	tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
	uin	166187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2023 answer text <p>We continue to grow the National Health Service workforce. As of December, there were over 4,900 (3.8%) more doctors and almost 11,100 (3.6%) more nurses than the same time last year. We are on track to deliver 50,000 more nurses across the NHS by 2024 and have over 38,000 more nurses in December 2022 compared with September 2019. The Government has funded 1,500 more medical school places each year for domestic students in England, a 25% increase, taking the total number to 7,500 each year.</p><p>We are also expanding routes into professional roles in the NHS, particularly apprenticeships. Apprenticeships allow people to earn as they learn, benefiting those for whom a full-time university course is not practical or preferred. There were around 20,900 new NHS apprenticeships starts in 2021/22, making NHS the largest employer of apprentices in the public sector by number of starts. There has also been funding confirmed as part of a pilot scheme for up to 200 Medical Doctor Degree Apprentices.</p><p>All eligible nursing, midwifery and allied health profession degree students have received a non-repayable training grant of a minimum of £5,000 per academic year. Additional funding is also available for studying certain courses for example, Mental Health Nursing and Learning Disabilities Nursing with further financial support available to students for childcare, dual accommodation costs and travel.</p><p>We have commissioned NHS England to develop a long term workforce plan for the NHS workforce for the next 15 years. This Plan is due to be published shortly.</p><p>To boost capacity, on 30 January we published the delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services and committed to increase capacity, including with 5,000 new beds as part of the permanent bed base for next winter. This is backed by £1 billion of dedicated funding, building on the £500 million used over this winter to support local areas to increase their overall capacity and support their staff.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/03/2023 15:45:25 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

1583538

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Vacancies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the reasons for the trends in the vacancy rate in the NHS in the period between June 2021 and June 2022.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	139189
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2023 answer text <p>The vacancy rate for all staff in National Health Service provider trusts had increased from 7.6% in June 2021 to 9.7% in June 2022. The number of vacancies is the difference between the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) permanent or fixed-term staff in post and planned workforce levels. Whilst in the period June 2021 to June 2022 the number of FTE staff working in NHS provider trusts had increased by 27,991, 2.4%, trust planned workforce levels had increased more quickly.</p><p>Every April NHS providers reassess their staffing requirements, often leading to increases in planned workforce levels in response to anticipated activity, such as increased elective activity, or to make additional provisions to deal with ad-hoc capacity peaks. For many trusts, this process was disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hence, increases in vacancy rates between June 2021 and June 2022, will have been more significant, in part, due the removal of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and as such it is more appropriate to compare current levels to the pre-pandemic level of vacancies, which in June 2019 was 9.2%.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 16/02/2023 15:56:17 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1546847

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Vacancies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of below-inflation pay rises on the level of staff vacancies in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	99918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2022 answer text <p>The Pay Review Body (PRB) process is the established mechanism for determining pay uplifts in the public sector, including for staff working in the NHS.</p><p> </p><p>In formulating their recommendations, the Review Bodies carefully consider evidence from a wide range of stakeholders, including NHS system partners and trade unions. In reaching their recommendations the independent PRBs consider a number of factors, including recruitment, retention, morale and motivation, alongside affordability and the economic context, including inflation.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/12/2022 13:03:42 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1540208

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Vacancies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of NHS workforce vacancies in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England; and what steps he is taking to fill such vacancies in those areas.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	80731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>The information on vacancies in Coventry and the West Midlands is not collected in the format requested. However, as of June 2022, there were 25,225 full time equivalent (FTE) vacancies in the Midlands and 132,139 FTE vacancies in England. Local National Health Service trusts are responsible for managing staffing levels and recruiting the appropriate health professionals required to meet local service need.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/11/2022 13:00:47 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 34131 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1535415

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Vacancies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish the number of NHS vacancies in England by (a) body system and (b) clinical function.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	69653
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to publish vacancies in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/11/2022 12:53:49 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1536369

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Vacancies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the 132,000 full-time equivalent staff vacancies on staff morale and burnout in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	72410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>We aim to deliver an additional 50,000 nurses by the end of March 2024, with over 29,000 more nurses currently working in the National Health Service compared with September 2019. We have also funded an additional 1,500 undergraduate medical school places each year for domestic students in England and delivered five new medical schools. The Department has commissioned NHS England to develop a long-term workforce plan. The plan will consider the number of staff and the roles required and will set out the actions and reforms needed to improve workforce supply and retention.</p><p>The national health and wellbeing offer continues to be available to all NHS staff, which includes a confidential text support service, free access to a range of wellbeing apps and support for line managers in having safe and effective wellbeing conversations. In 2022/23, we have invested more than £45 million to support the continuation the health and wellbeing support offer. This includes 40 mental health hubs providing outreach and assessment services for frontline staff, Professional Nurse Advocates and expanding the NHS Practitioner Health service. The NHS Retention Programme aims to understand why staff are leaving, resulting in targeted interventions to support staff to stay whilst keeping them well.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 01/11/2022 17:13:37 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1537870

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Vacancies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to fill vacancies in the NHS workforce.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
	uin	901959
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>We are working to ensure the NHS has the workforce it needs for the future.</p><p>We are committed to delivering 50,000 more nurses by 2024, and are currently on target, with over 29,000 more nurses compared with September 2019. We have funded 1,500 additional undergraduate medical school places in England, and in 2022 we have seen record numbers of undergraduate medical students.</p><p>We have also commissioned NHSE to develop a long-term workforce plan.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 01/11/2022 16:55:19 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson