Midwives: Eastern Region Mr. Stewart Jackson To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many midwifery posts are vacant in each NHS trust in the east of England strategic health authority area; and if she will make a statement. Andy Burnham The following table shows the three month vacancies for midwifery staff in the east of England strategic health authority (SHA) area by national health service organisation, from the Information Centre for health and social care vacancies survey March 2006. 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| |Three month vacancy rate|Three month vacancy number| 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|East of England SHA |1.4 |25 | 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|of which: | | | 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|Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |0.9 |1 | 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|Bedford Hospitals NHS Trust |0.0 |0 | 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|Bedfordshire and Luton Community NHS Trust |__ |0 | 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|Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |3.1 |4 | 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|Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust |__ |0 | 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|East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust |1.9 |3 | 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|Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust |0.0 |0 | 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|Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust |__ |0 | 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|Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust |5.9 |4 | 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|Huntingdonshire Primary Care Trust |* |0 | 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|Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust |0.0 |0 | 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|James Paget Healthcare NHS Trust |0.0 |0 | 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|Kings Lynn And Wisbech Hospitals NHS Trust |0.0 |0 | 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|Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust |0.0 |0 | 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|Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust |9.1 |8 | 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|Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust |__ |0 | 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|Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust |0.0 |0 | 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|North Essex Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust |__ |0 | 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|Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |__ |0 | 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|Peterborough Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |1.0 |1 | 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|Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust |4.5 |4 | 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|South Essex Partnership NHS Trust |__ |0 | 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|Southend Hospital NHS Trust |0.0 |0 | 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|Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust |__ |0 | 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|West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust |0.0 |0 | 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|West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust |0.0 |0 | 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|Witham Braintree and Halstead Care Trust |__ |0 | 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|Notes:1. Vacancy data are from the Vacancy Survey 20062. Three month vacancy information is as at 31 March 2006.3. 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 post5. Three month vacancy rates are calculated using staff in post from the medical and dental and Non-Medical Workforce Censuses September 2005.6. Percentages are rounded to one decimal place:* = figures where sum of staff in post (as at 30 September 2005) and vacancies (as at 31 March 2006) is less than 10.__ = zero.7. Vacancy and staff in post numbers are rounded to the nearest whole number.8. Calculating the vacancy rates using the above data may not equal the actual vacancy rates.9. Due to rounding, totals may not equal the sum of component part.Sources:The Information Centre for health and social care Vacancies Survey.The Information Centre for health and social care Medical and Dental and Non-Medical Workforce Censuses.| | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------