NHS Staff Vacancies, 31 March 2009

Statistics on NHS Staff Vacancies include data for Wales as at 31 March 2009. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 3 March 2009.

At 31 March 2009:

• 224 NHS posts had been vacant for three months or more. This represents a 5 per cent decrease on the 237 vacancies reported six months earlier.
• These vacancies account for 0.3 per cent of all NHS posts compared to 0.4 per cent six months earlier and 0.7 per cent a year ago.  

The vacancies in different staff groups were as follows:

• 26 (1.1 per cent of posts) consultant posts – a decrease from 30 (1.3 per cent of posts) six months earlier.
• 33 (0.2 per cent of posts) qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff - a decrease from 35 (0.2 per cent of posts) six months earlier.  
• 15 (0.3 per cent of posts) qualified allied health professional staff - a decrease from 17 (0.4 per cent of posts) six months earlier.  
• 11 (0.4 per cent of posts) qualified scientific and technical staff - a decrease from 12 (0.5 per cent of posts) six months earlier.
• 4 (0.1 per cent of posts) qualified healthcare scientists – a decrease from 15 (0.7 per cent of posts) six months earlier.

Further information can be found on the StatsWales website.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5080
E-mail: stats.healthinfo@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

March 2010 (provisional - to be confirmed on the 'Due Out Soon' page)