Dieticians: Vacancies

Mr. Jenkins
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many vacancies for registered dieticians at band 5 were advertised by NHS trusts in each of the last 10 years.

Ann Keen
It is not possible to identify band 5 dieticians from the NHS Vacancy Survey. The following table gives the total number of vacancies for the whole dietetic speciality for 2007, 2008 and 2009. It is not possible to identify this speciality for earlier years.

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|England|Total vacancy numbers|
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|2007   |30                   |
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|2008   |12                   |
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|2009   |186                  |
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