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Nursing Vacancies

Virginia Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which 10 health authorities have (a) the highest and (b) the lowest percentage of nurse vacancies; and what the number of nurses is in each case. [36908]

Mr. Hutton: The information requested is shown in the table.

Department of health vacancies survey, March 2001 vacancies in NHS trusts by health authority areas, qualified nurses

Highest three month vacancies	Three month vacancy rates (Percentage)	Three month vacancy (Number)	Staff in post
Bromley HA	10.9	100	800
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham HA	8.8	630	6,590
Bexley and Greenwich HA	8.2	180	2,040
Barking and Havering HA	8.1	130	1,470
Buckinghamshire HA	7.8	230	2,680
North Cheshire HA	7.8	140	2,680
Southampton and South West Hampshire HA	7.6	220	1,690
Kensington. Chelsea and Westminster HA	7.5	330	2,660
East London and The City HA	7.4	360	4,110
Hillingdon HA	6.8	360	3,960
Lowest 3 month vacancies		60	840
Wolverhampton HA	0.3	10	1,450
Sunderland HA	0.4	10	1,700
Southern Derbyshire HA	0.5	10	2,380
Kingston and Richmond HA	0.5	10	1,400
County Durham and Darlington HA	0.5	10	2,620
Suffolk HA	0.6	10	2,450
South Humber HA	0.6	10	1,340
Cornwall and Isle of Scilly HA	0.6	10	2,250
Morcambe Bay HA	0.7	10	1,840
North Yorkshire HA	0.7	20	3,300

Notes:

1. Three month vacancies are vacancies as at 31 March 2001 which trusts are actively trying to fill, which had lasted for three months or more (whole time equivalents).

2. Three month vacancy rates are three month vacancies expressed as a percentage of three month vacancies plus staff in post from the September 2000 workforce censuses (whole time equivalent).

3. HA Figures are based on Trusts, and do not necessarily reflect the geographical provision of healthcare.

4. Staff in post figures quoted cannot be used to calculate the vacancy rates.

5. Percentages rounded to one decimal place.

6. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

Source: Department of Health Vacancies Survey 2001

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East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will publish (a) the action plan for East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust and (b) revisions to it; and if he will make a statement; [36888]

(2) what plans he has for the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. [36889]

Jacqui Smith: Additional work on the performance improvement plan submitted by East and North Hertfordshire National Health Service to the Eastern Regional Office is in progress. A further assessment of the trust's performance will be made in April and will include feedback from the forthcoming Commission for Health Improvement visit to the trust.

Liver Disease

Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the incidence of chronic liver disease (a) in total, (b) for men and (c) for women, in residents of each

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health authority in England and Wales in (i) 1996 and (ii) for the most recent available year; and how far local health authority rates deviate from the national average. [37037]

Ms Blears: The incidence of chronic liver disease in England in 1996–97 and in 2000–01 (the last year for which figures are available) was as follows:

Number of cases per 100,000 population

	1996–97	2000–01
Men	3	3
Women	6	6
Total	5	5

The tables show detailed information about the incidence of chronic liver disease among men and women in each English health authority for these two years. Information about the incidence of the disease and the deviation from the national average is expressed in terms of the number of cases per 100,000 population in each health authority.

Admissions, rate per 100,000 population and deviation from national average for chronic liver disease by health authority of residence and gender—NHS Hospitals, England 2000–01

	Admissions				Population
Health Authority	Male	Female	Not known/ not specified	Total	Male	Female	Total
QA2 Hillingdon	1	4	0	5	127,271	128,429	255,700
QA3 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster	8	6	0	14	221,268	213,662	434,930
QA4 Enfield and Haringey	6	13	0	19	248,121	246,435	494,556
QA5 Redbridge and Waltham Forest	10	15	0	25	224,519	227,873	452,392
QA6 Bedfordshire	9	9	0	18	282,220	283,528	565,748
QA7 Berkshire	9	17	0	26	403,506	399,272	802,778
QA8 Buckinghamshire	9	13	0	22	345,303	347,588	692,891
QAA Bexley and Greenwich	4	16	0	20	215,507	223,035	438,542
QAC Bromley	2	7	0	9	147,820	154,616	302,436
QAD Croydon	4	4	0	8	168,681	171,194	339,875
QAE East Kent	6	18	0	24	298,494	316,082	614,576
QAF West Kent	13	27	0	40	485,598	497,858	983,456
QAG Kingston and Richmond	4	6	0	10	172,580	174,490	347,070
QAH Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham	10	21	0	31	376,727	383,778	760,505
QAJ Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth	6	8	0	14	316,416	323,290	639,706
QAK East Surrey	0	8	0	8	210,221	219,401	429,622
QAL West Surrey	9	14	0	23	321,648	329,377	651,025
QAM East Sussex, Brighton and Hove	18	34	0	52	363,545	395,166	758,711
QAN West Sussex	3	20	0	23	367,796	395,894	763,690
QAP Barking and Havering	1	7	0	8	190,201	196,645	386,846
QAQ Barnet	2	7	0	9	173,142	172,350	345,492
QAR Brent and Harrow	2	7	0	9	238,184	231,614	469,798
QAT Camden and Islington	10	9	0	19	190,438	190,607	381,045
QAV Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow	21	24	0	45	349,712	340,942	690,654
QAW East London and The City	11	17	0	28	321,535	313,983	635,518
QAX North Essex	7	23	0	30	448,914	464,419	913,333
QAY South Essex	6	23	0	29	351,582	364,047	715,629
QC1 South Lancashire	10	16	0	26	154,731	159,631	314,362
QC2 Liverpool	10	8	0	18	224,379	232,959	457,338
QC3 Manchester	11	10	0	21	218,398	221,151	439,549
QC4 Morecambe Bay	1	15	0	16	152,766	159,503	312,269
QC5 St. Helens and Knowsley	7	20	0	27	163,037	169,039	332,076
QC6 Salford and Trafford	10	16	0	26	220,746	223,589	444,335
QC7 Sefton	9	12	0	21	137,702	148,797	286,499
QC8 Stockport	2	4	0	6	140,950	150,152	291,102
QC9 West Pennine	16	11	0	27	232,091	238,445	470,536
QCC Northamptonshire	7	11	2	20	310,462	315,433	625,895
QCE Oxfordshire	9	7	0	16	315,662	316,451	632,113
QCF Suffolk	12	34	0	46	335,113	344,802	679,915
QCG Barnsley	8	9	0	17	112,321	115,757	228,078
QCH North Derbyshire	13	12	0	25	183,974	187,857	371,831
QCJ South Derbyshire	21	60	0	81	285,522	287,327	572,849
QCK Doncaster	7	6	0	13	143,407	146,737	290,144
QCL Leicestershire	8	18	1	27	467,726	470,967	938,693
QCM Lincolnshire	11	12	0	23	310,014	324,334	634,348
QCN North Nottinghamshire	7	22	0	29	194,776	197,287	392,063
QCP Nottingham	20	28	0	48	315,416	323,731	639,147
QCQ Rotherham	5	19	0	24	125,661	127,546	253,207
QCR Sheffield	10	14	0	24	264,894	265,209	530,103
QCT Bury and Rochdale	7	12	0	19	194,980	198,786	393,766
QCV North Cheshire	5	12	0	17	154,344	157,305	311,649
QCW South Cheshire	13	12	1	26	331,426	341,236	672,662
QCX East Lancashire	9	16	0	25	251,682	256,394	508,076
QCY North West Lancashire	8	14	0	22	230,328	238,606	468,934
QD1 North and Mid Hampshire	2	10	0	12	278,627	283,667	562,294
QD2 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire	3	10	0	13	269,283	276,748	546,031
QD3 Southampton and South West Hampshire	4	12	0	16	272,940	275,273	548,213
QD4 Isle of Wight	5	6	0	11	63,004	66,444	129,448
QD5 Somerset	8	17	0	25	241,728	254,566	496,294
QD6 South and West Devon	11	23	0	34	289,186	308,338	597,524
QD7 Wiltshire	13	22	0	35	303,514	309,973	613,487
QD8 Avon	32	28	0	60	504,509	510,975	1,015,484
QD9 Birmingham	15	21	1	37	500,013	510,414	1,010,427
QDA Wigan and Bolton	17	27	0	44	287,498	292,063	579,561
QDC Wirral	8	18	0	26	157,543	169,925	327,468
QDD Bradford	2	19	0	21	240,071	246,002	486,073
QDE County Durham	9	24	0	33	298,232	308,451	606,683
QDF East Riding	13	40	0	53	283,271	290,005	573,276
QDG Gateshead and South Tyneside	12	15	0	27	171,082	178,485	349,567
QDH Leeds	7	11	0	18	360,292	365,842	726,134
QDJ Newcastle and North Tyneside	9	23	0	32	226,886	237,665	464,551
QDK North Cumbria	4	14	0	18	156,631	160,218	316,849
QDL South Humber	6	10	0	16	151,391	156,318	307,709
QDM Northumberland	6	15	0	21	152,433	157,934	310,367
QDN Sunderland	8	21	0	29	141,459	148,026	289,485
QDP Tees	3	15	0	18	273,255	283,438	556,693
QDQ Wakefield	0	5	0	5	158,896	161,486	320,382
QDR North Yorkshire	18	36	0	54	370,009	383,937	753,946
QDT Calderdale and Kirklees	4	13	0	17	290,182	298,681	588,863
QDV Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	10	19	0	29	243,126	256,257	499,383
QDW Dorset	8	16	0	24	338,697	359,633	698,330
QDX North and East Devon	7	13	0	20	238,631	251,117	489,748
QDY Gloucestershire	6	18	0	24	278,986	285,855	564,841
QEA Coventry	3	11	0	14	149,539	152,330	301,869
QEC Dudley	6	17	0	23	155,363	156,687	312,050
QED Herefordshire	1	9	0	10	83,098	86,215	169,313
QEE Sandwell	5	10	0	15	141,936	146,500	288,436
QEF Shropshire	3	13	0	16	216,949	218,963	435,912
QEG Solihull	1	5	0	6	100,322	104,507	204,829
QEH North Staffordshire	7	16	0	23	232,411	235,638	468,049
QEJ South Staffordshire	5	17	1	23	295,600	296,062	591,662
QEK Walsall	2	15	0	17	129,553	131,346	260,899
QEL Warwickshire	2	23	0	25	252,585	257,374	509,959
QEM Wolverhampton	4	3	0	7	118,707	121,804	240,511
QEN Worcestershire	9	13	0	22	267,120	274,325	541,445
QEP East and North Hertfordshire	5	21	0	26	251,538	255,550	507,088
QEQ West Hertfordshire	1	8	0	9	269,189	274,551	543,740
QER Cambridge	12	25	0	37	363,340	366,843	730,183
QET Norfolk	12	30	0	42	394,940	409,030	803,970
Total	775	1,564	6	2,345	24,697,022	25,300,067	49,997,089

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Admissions, rate per 100,000 population and deviation from national average for chronic liver disease by health authority of residence and gender—NHS Hospitals, England 2000–01

	Rate per 100,000 population			Deviation from national average
Health Authority	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
QA2 Hillingdon	1	3	2	-2	-3	-3
QA3 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster	4	3	3	0	-3	-1
QA4 Enfield and Haringey	2	5	4	-1	-1	-1
QA5 Redbridge and Waltham Forest	4	7	6	1	0	1
QA6 Bedfordshire	3	3	3	0	-3	-2
QA7 Berkshire	2	4	3	-1	-2	-1
QA8 Buckinghamshire	3	4	3	-1	-2	-2
QAA Bexley and Greenwich	2	7	5	-1	1	0
QAC Bromley	1	5	3	-2	-2	-2
QAD Croydon	2	2	2	-1	-4	-2
QAE East Kent	2	6	4	-1	0	-1
QAF West Kent	3	5	4	0	-1	-1
QAG Kingston and Richmond	2	3	3	-1	-3	-2
QAH Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham	3	5	4	0	-1	-1
QAJ Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth	2	2	2	-1	-4	-3
QAK East Surrey	0	4	2	-3	-3	-3
QAL West Surrey	3	4	4	0	-2	-1
QAM East Sussex, Brighton and Hove	5	9	7	2	2	2
QAN West Sussex	1	5	3	-2	-1	-2
QAP Barking and Havering	1	4	2	-3	-3	-3
QAQ Barnet	1	4	3	-2	-2	-2
QAR Brent and Harrow	1	3	2	-2	-3	-3
QAT Camden and Islington	5	5	5	2	-1	0
QAV Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow	6	7	7	3	1	2
QAW East London and The City	3	5	4	0	-1	0
QAX North Essex	2	5	3	-2	-1	-1
QAY South Essex	2	6	4	-1	0	-1
QC1 South Lancashire	6	10	8	3	4	4
QC2 Liverpool	4	3	4	1	-3	-1
QC3 Manchester	5	5	5	2	-2	0
QC4 Morecambe Bay	1	9	5	-2	3	0
QC5 St. Helens and Knowsley	4	12	8	1	6	3
QC6 Salford and Trafford	5	7	6	1	1	1
QC7 Sefton	7	8	7	3	2	3
QC8 Stockport	1	3	2	-2	-4	-3
QC9 West Pennine	7	5	6	4	-2	1
QCC Northamptonshire	2	3	3	-1	-3	-1
QCE Oxfordshire	3	2	3	0	-4	-2
QCF Suffolk	4	10	7	0	4	2
QCG Barnsley	7	8	7	4	2	3
QCH North Derbyshire	7	6	7	4	0	2
QCJ South Derbyshire	7	21	14	4	15	9
QCK Doncaster	5	4	4	2	-2	0
QCL Leicestershire	2	4	3	-1	-2	-2
QCM Lincolnshire	4	4	4	0	-2	-1
QCN North Nottinghamshire	4	11	7	0	5	3
QCP Nottingham	6	9	8	3	2	3
QCQ Rotherham	4	15	9	1	9	5
QCR Sheffield	4	5	5	1	-1	0
QCT Bury and Rochdale	4	6	5	0	0	0
QCV North Cheshire	3	8	5	0	1	1
QCW South Cheshire	4	4	4	1	-3	-1
QCX East Lancashire	4	6	5	0	0	0
QCY North West Lancashire	3	6	5	0	0	0
QD1 North and Mid Hampshire	1	4	2	-2	-3	-3
QD2 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire	1	4	2	-2	-3	-2
QD3 Southampton and South West Hampshire	1	4	3	-2	-2	-2
QD4 Isle of Wight	8	9	8	5	3	4
QD5 Somerset	3	7	5	0	0	0
QD6 South and West Devon	4	7	6	1	1	1
QD7 Wiltshire	4	7	6	1	1	1
QD8 Avon	6	5	6	3	-1	1
QD9 Birmingham	3	4	4	0	-2	-1
QDA Wigan and Bolton	6	9	8	3	3	3
QDC Wirral	5	11	8	2	4	3
QDD Bradford	1	8	4	-2	2	0
QDE County Durham	3	8	5	0	2	1
QDF East Riding	5	14	9	1	8	5
QDG Gateshead and South Tyneside	7	8	8	4	2	3
QDH Leeds	2	3	2	-1	-3	-2
QDJ Newcastle and North Tyneside	4	10	7	1	3	2
QDK North Cumbria	3	9	6	-1	3	1
QDL South Humber	4	6	5	1	0	1
QDM Northumberland	4	9	7	1	3	2
QDN Sunderland	6	14	10	3	8	5
QDP Tees	1	5	3	-2	-1	-1
QDQ Wakefield	0	3	2	-3	-3	-3
QDR North Yorkshire	5	9	7	2	3	2
QDT Calderdale and Kirklees	1	4	3	-2	-2	-2
QDV Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	4	7	6	1	1	1
QDW Dorset	2	4	3	-1	-2	-1
QDX North and East Devon	3	5	4	0	-1	-1
QDY Gloucestershire	2	6	4	-1	0	0
QEA Coventry	2	7	5	-1	1	0
QEC Dudley	4	11	7	1	5	3
QED Herefordshire	1	10	6	-2	4	1
QEE Sandwell	4	7	5	0	1	1
QEF Shropshire	1	6	4	-2	0	-1
QEG Solihull	1	5	3	-2	-1	-2
QEH North Staffordshire	3	7	5	0	1	0
QEJ South Staffordshire	2	6	4	-1	0	-1
QEK Walsall	2	11	7	-2	5	2
QEL Warwickshire	1	9	5	-2	3	0
QEM Wolverhampton	3	2	3	0	-4	-2
QEN Worcestershire	3	5	4	0	-1	-1
QEP East and North Hertfordshire	2	8	5	-1	2	0
QEQ West Hertfordshire	0	3	2	-3	-3	-3
QER Cambridge	3	7	5	0	1	0
QET Norfolk	3	7	5	0	1	1
Total	3	6	5	0	0	0

Notes:

ICD-10 (diagnosis) codes used were: K70.4, K71.1, K71.3, K71.5, K72.1, K73, K74.3, K76.1

Please note that these figures are for admissions to hospital, and not incidence rates.

Figures in this table have not yet been adjusted for shortfalls in data.

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health

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