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London Ambulance Service: Vacancies

Volume 480: debated on Wednesday 8 October 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many vacancies in the London Ambulance Service there are, broken down by borough; and if he will make a statement. (222726)

The information is not held in the format requested. The information available on the number of vacancies is for London Ambulance Service NHS Trust as a whole, and not broken down by borough.

Three month vacancy rates at London Ambulance Service NHS Trust at 31 March 2008 can be found in the table. This is the latest information available.

The provision of health services, including members of staff at ambulance trusts, is a matter for the local national health service.

Information centre for health and social care vacancies survey March 2008: NHS three month vacancies in the London ambulance service NHS trust—three month vacancy rates, numbers and staff in post

March 2008

September 2007

London ambulance service

Three month vacancy rate percentage

Three month vacancy number

(Staff in post) full-time equivalent

(Staff in post) headcount

Health care assistants and support staff within LDP definitions

0.0

0

0

0

Other health care assistants

0.0

0

0

0

Administrative and clerical staff

0.0

0

1,008

1,046

Ambulance staff

0.0

0

2,938

3,034

Notes:

1. Vacancy data are from the Vacancies Survey 2008.

2. Three month vacancy information is as at 31 March 2008.

3. Three month vacancies are vacancies which trusts are actively trying to fill, which had lasted for three months or more (full time equivalents).

4. Three month vacancy rates are three month vacancies expressed as a percentage of three month vacancies plus staff in post.

5. Three month vacancy rates are calculated using staff in post from the Non-medical Workforce Census September 2007.

6. Percentages are rounded to one decimal place.

7. Staff in post data are from the Non-Medical Workforce Census September 2007.

8. Vacancy and staff in post numbers are rounded to the nearest whole number.

9. Calculating the vacancy rates using the above data may not equal the actual vacancy rates.

10. Strategic health authority figures are based on trusts, and do not necessarily reflect the geographical provision of health care.

Source:

The Information Centre Non-Medical Workforce Census, Vacancies Survey