To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many vacancies there are in accident and emergency departments for doctors and nurses in (a) Kingston Hospital NHS Trust and (b) West Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust [32892]
Figures on vacancies for doctors and nurses in National Health Service trusts are collected by the Office of Manpower and Economics and published in the annual reports of the Review Body for Nursing staff, Midwives, Health Visitors and Professions Allied to Medicines. Copies have been placed in the Library.The hon. Member may also wish to contact Sir William Rous, Chairman of Kingston Hospital NHS Trust, and Jane Kelly, Chairman of West Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust, for details.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many finished consultant episodes there were in respect of the (a) Kingston Hospital NHS Trust and (b) West Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust in each of the last five years. [32891]
The information is shown in the table.
| Number of finished consultant episodes1 for Kingston Hospital National Health Service Trust and West Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust since 1992–93 | ||
| Year | Kingston Hospital NHS Trust | West Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust2 |
| 1992–93 | 38,836 | 3— |
| 1993–94 | 34,706 | 29,935 |
| 1994–95 | 37,783 | 32,590 |
| 1995–96 | 39,459 | 31,779 |
| 1996–97 | 40,434 | 32,254 |
| 1 Finished consultant episodes include ordinary admissions and day case admissions. | ||
| 2West Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust was a newly formed NHS trust for 1993–94. | ||
| 3Not applicable. | ||
Source:
Department of Health Publication, Ordinary and day case admissions for England, 1996–97.