NHS: Vacancies

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 3 February 2020.

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Photo of Tan Dhesi Tan Dhesi Labour, Slough

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of vacancies in the NHS.

Photo of Edward Argar Edward Argar Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS Improvement collects vacancy data for three staff groups; doctors, nurses and ‘other staff’. These vacancy statistics are published for England and at the regional level of North, Midlands and East, London and South.

NHS Digital published the latest NHS Improvement vacancy data which can be found in the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-vacancies-survey/february-2015---september-2019-provisional-experimental-statistics

As at September 2019, the latest available data there were 105,518 vacancies in National Health Service trusts and clinical commissioning groups. A majority of vacancies are covered by bank and agency staff.

The NHS People Plan, which will be published by the NHS in early 2020, will set out a clear framework for collective action on workforce priorities, with a focus on growing and sustaining a well-skilled workforce across the whole NHS.

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