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Law Enforcement Agencies

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what law enforcement agencies and prosecuting authorities designated with legislation there are within the responsibility of his Department; and what complaints procedure is available for each. [57105]

Mr. Lammy [holding answer 16 May 2002]: There are no prosecuting authorities nor law enforcement agencies designated by law for which the Secretary of State for Health is responsible.

The Solicitor's Office, Department of Health, prosecutes cases investigated by the directorate of counter fraud services, and its National Health Service equivalent the NHS counter fraud services, the medicines control agency and the medical devices agency. The investigators and prosecutors all derive their powers to act for and on behalf of the Secretary of State who is granted general functions by means of statutory powers.

Consequently the investigators and prosecutors are not separately designated by law because they derive their powers from legislation and functions granted to the Secretary of State.

Mobile Telephone Masts

Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effect on medical devices of the presence nearby of mobile phone masts.[64153]

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Ms Blears [holding answer 24 June 2002]: The Medical Devices Agency have not received any reports of telecommunications masts or base stations (similar to masts but located on building rooftops) causing interference to medical devices. We have undertaken work to assess the possible risk from these installations, the most recent being last March where in collaboration with a National Health Service trust and British Telecom measurements were taken on a proposed rooftop installation for the current cellular network. The results indicated that the field strength had dropped to virtually undetectable levels at distances greater than 25 metres from the antenna and that the risk to medical devices being used in adjacent buildings was negligible.

Previous measurement results obtained in other hospitals are listed in the Device Bulletin DB9702, March 1997.

Community Equipment Service

Mr. Boswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on progress with establishing the community equipment service and its financing. [64293]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 27 June 2002]: There are many long-established community equipment services in England run by councils and National Health

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Service trusts. The initiative to integate these services at a local level by 2004 and to increase the number of people benfiting from them by 50 per cent. by the same date is progressing. Additional funding to enable equipment services meet the NHS Plan targets has been made available to the NHS and to social services through their baseline allocations between the years 2001–02 and 2003–04. This work is supported by the national integrating community equipment services team, the members of which work with local itegratration lead officers and who are a source of good practice guidance.

NHS Maternity Units

Mr. Wiltshire: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list NHS maternity units in descending order of (a) the ratio of midwives in post to the total number of births and (b) the ratio of the full complement of midwives to the total number of births in 2001. [67458]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 5 July 2002]: The figures are shown in the table in descending order and they represent for each trust the ratio of midwives in post and complement in September 2000 to deliveries in 2000-01 in that trust. Women who are cared for during pregnancy by midwives from one trust may later give birth in a unit in another trust. Relevant information is only available by trusts rather than units.

NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): In descending order—midwifery staff to deliveries ratios by NHS Trust as at 30 September 2000

Establishment midwifery figures: deliveries ratio1Whole-time equivalents Headcount2 Staff in post midwives: deliveries ratioWhole-time equivalents Headcount

England 0.033 0.042 0.032 0.041

RJ8 Cornwall Healthcare NHS Trust 0.352 0.450 0.352 0.450

RJU Chorley & South Ribble NHS Trust 0.162 0.173 0.162 0.173

RHS Southampton Community Health Services NHS Trust 0.111 0.148 0.111 0.148

RH7 Severn NHS Trust 0.105 0.140 0.105 0.140

REA Exeter & District Community Health Services NHS Trust 0.097 0.128 0.097 0.128

RLF North Lakeland Healthcare NHS Trust 0.097 0.143 0.097 0.143

RDZ Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospitals NHS Trust 0.062 0.073 0.062 0.073

RM3 Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust 0.055 0.065 0.053 0.063

RCC Scarborough & Ne Yorkshire Healthcare NHS Trust 0.054 0.061 0.054 0.061

RVY Southport & Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust 0.052 0.076 0.052 0.076

RMR Blackpool Victoria Hospital NHS Trust 0.051 0.061 0.051 0.061

RQW The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust 0.049 0.060 0.045 0.056

RBL Wirral Hospital NHS Trust 0.048 0.059 0.046 0.057

RBU Central Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 0.048 0.058 0.048 0.058

RLW City Hospital NHS Trust 0.045 0.050 0.044 0.049

RE9 South Tyneside Healthcare NHS Trust 0.045 0.052 0.045 0.052

RMP Tameside & Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust 0.045 0.056 0.045 0.056

REZ Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust 0.044 0.051 0.044 0.051

RWJ Stockport NHS Trust 0.044 0.051 0.044 0.051

RMC Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust 0.044 0.051 0.044 0.051

RA9 South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust 0.044 0.055 0.043 0.054

RMK North Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust 0.043 0.049 0.039 0.045

RVJ North Bristol NHS Trust 0.043 0.059 0.042 0.057

RH8 Royal Devon & Exeter Healthcare NHS Trust 0.043 0.057 0.043 0.057

RFF Barnsley District General Hospital NHS Trust 0.043 0.048 0.043 0.048

REM Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust 0.042 0.053 0.042 0.053

RDL Eastbourne Hospitals NHS Trust 0.042 0.052 0.042 0.052

RBZ Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust 0.042 0.052 0.038 0.048

RWD United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust 0.041 0.056 0.041 0.055

REU Burnley Healthcare NHS Trust 0.041 0.048 0.041 0.048

RMB Blackburn, Hyndburn & Ribble Valley Health Care NHS Trust 0.041 0.049 0.041 0.049

RM4 Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust 0.041 0.049 0.041 0.049

RR4 Pinderfields & Pontefract Hospitals NHS Trust 0.041 0.051 0.041 0.051

RJD Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust 0.041 0.048 0.041 0.048

RBA Taunton & Somerset NHS Trust 0.040 0.046 0.040 0.046

RVR Epsom & St Helier NHS Trust 0.040 0.055 0.038 0.053

RTD The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust 0.040 0.048 0.040 0.047

RDM Hastings & Rother NHS Trust 0.040 0.050 0.039 0.049

RK9 Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust 0.040 0.050 0.040 0.050

RWP Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 0.040 0.051 0.040 0.051

RR2 Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Trust 0.039 0.059 0.039 0.059

RJN East Cheshire NHS Trust 0.039 0.053 0.039 0.053

RWH East & North Hertfordshire NHS Trust 0.039 0.049 0.033 0.043

RA4 East Somerset NHS Trust 0.039 0.051 0.039 0.051

RN7 Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust 0.039 0.054 0.037 0.052

RE7 West Cumbria Healthcare NHS Trust 0.038 0.052 0.036 0.050

RCF Airedale NHS Trust 0.038 0.045 0.038 0.045

RCJ South Tees Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 0.038 0.045 0.037 0.044

RJE North Staffordshire Hospital NHS Trust 0.038 0.047 0.038 0.047

RLU Birmingham Women's Healthcare NHS Trust 0.038 0.049 0.036 0.047

RCV Central Sheffield University Hospitals NHS Trust 0.038 0.048 0.038 0.048

RBN St Helens & Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust 0.038 0.045 0.038 0.045

RTG Southern Derbyshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 0.038 0.044 0.038 0.044

RAG Doncaster Royal Informary & Montagu Hospital NHS Trust 0.037 0.048 0.037 0.048

RMN Bury Health Care NHS Trust 0.037 0.046 0.037 0.046

RWF Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust 0.037 0.050 0.032 0.045

RLQ Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust 0.037 0.047 0.037 0.047

RJY Wigan & Leigh Health Services NHS Trust 0.037 0.043 0.037 0.043

RKB University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust 0.037 0.048 0.034 0.045

RR7 Gateshead Health NHS Trust 0.037 0.045 0.037 0.045

RWA Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trusts 0.037 0.046 0.037 0.046

RZ Royal Shrewsbury Hospitals NHS Trust 0.037 0.048 0.035 0.047

RJR Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Trust 0.036 0.047 0.036 0.047

RJZ King's College Hospital NHS Trust 0.036 0.042 0.035 0.040

RR9 North Durham Health Care NHS Trust 0.036 0.043 0.036 0.043

RBK Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust 0.036 0.044 0.036 0.044

RPR The Royal West Sussex NHS Trust 0.036 0.041 0.036 0.041

RHU Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust 0.036 0.047 0.036 0.047

RF7 Scunthorpe & Goole Hospitals NHS Trust 0.036 0.041 0.036 0.041

RLN City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Trust 0.036 0.041 0.036 0.041

RFS Chesterfield & North Derbyshire Royal Hospital NHS Trust 0.036 0.042 0.036 0.042

RR8 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 0.036 0.045 0.035 0.044

RBD West Dorset General Hospitals NHS Trust 0.035 0.049 0.035 0.049

RWE University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust 0.035 0.046 0.035 0.046

RF6 North East Lincolnshire NHS Trust 0.035 0.044 0.035 0.044

RCB York Health Services NHS Trust 0.035 0.045 0.035 0.045

RNZ Salisbury Healthcare NHS Trust 0.035 0.048 0.035 0.048

RNE Sandwell Healthcare NHS Trust 0.035 0.041 0.035 0.041

RDE Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust 0.035 0.042 0.034 0.041

RMF Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 0.035 0.046 0.035 0.046

RKC Warrington Hospital NHS Trust 0.035 0.044 0.033 0.043

RBT The Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust 0.034 0.042 0.034 0.042

RFR Rotherham General Hospitals NHS Trust 0.034 0.040 0.034 0.040

RL4 The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust 0.034 0.041 0.034 0.041

RPS Mid Sussex NHS Trust 0.034 0.042 0.025 0.033

RG3 Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust 0.034 0.038 0.026 0.030

RN1 Winchester & Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust 0.033 0.045 0.033 0.045

RLT George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust 0.033 0.043 0.033 0.042

RAJ Southend Hospital NHS Trust 0.033 0.038 0.033 0.038

RPA Medway NHS Trust 0.033 0.040 0.033 0.040

RJF Burton Hospitals NHS Trust 0.033 0.043 0.033 0.043

RAE Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust 0.033 0.039 0.033 0.039

RJC South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust 0.033 0.043 0.033 0.043

RPL Worthing & Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust 0.033 0.049 0.033 0.049

RWG West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust 0.033 0.045 0.029 0.042

RJH Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust 0.033 0.048 0.032 0.047

RVQ Wiltshire & Swindon Healthcare NHS Trust 0.032 0.043 0.032 0.043

RGP James Paget Healthcare NHS Trust 0.032 0.055 0.031 0.054

RTA South Durham Health Care NHS Trust 0.032 0.040 0.032 0.040

RGQ Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust 0.032 0.044 0.032 0.044

REF Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust 0.032 0.043 0.032 0.043

RG7 Havering Hospitals NHS Trust 0.032 0.040 0.030 0.038

RC1 Bedford Hospitals NHS Trust 0.032 0.040 0.032 0.040

RFW West Middlesex University NHS Trust 0.032 0.037 0.027 0.033

RTF Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust 0.032 0.039 0.032 0.039

RA5 East Gloucestershire NHS Trust 0.032 0.047 0.031 0.046

RTH Oxford Radcliffe Hospital NHS Trust 0.032 0.042 0.031 0.041

RQM Chelsea & Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust 0.032 0.038 0.032 0.038

RNS Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust 0.031 0.041 0.031 0.041

RJ7 St George's Healthcare NHS Trust 0.031 0.037 0.031 0.037

RGZ Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust 0.031 0.044 0.029 0.042

RHW Royal Berkshire & Battle Hospitals NHS Trust 0.031 0.044 0.031 0.044

RM1 Norfolk & Norwich Health Care NHS Trust 0.031 0.041 0.030 0.040

RD3 Poole Hospitals NHS Trust 0.031 0.050 0.031 0.050

RDU Frimley Park Hospital NHS Trust 0.031 0.042 0.031 0.042

RJ1 Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Trust 0.031 0.033 0.027 0.029

RA7 United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust 0.031 0.039 0.031 0.039

REP Liverpool Womens Hospital NHS Trust 0.031 0.040 0.031 0.040

RK5 The Kings Mill Centre for Health Care Services NHS Trust 0.031 0.036 0.031 0.036

RH6 Gloucestershire Royal NHS Trust 0.031 0.035 0.031 0.035

RQQ Hinchingbrooke Healthcare NHS Trust 0.030 0.042 0.030 0.042

RN5 North Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust 0.030 0.042 0.029 0.041

RHM Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust 0.030 0.040 0.030 0.040

RC3 Ealing Hospital NHS Trust 0.030 0.044 0.030 0.044

RH2 South Buckinghamshire NHS Trust 0.030 0.042 0.028 0.040

RQX Homerton Hospital NHS Trust 0.030 0.032 0.023 0.024

RC9 Luton & Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust 0.030 0.045 0.028 0.043

RCD Harrogate Health Care NHS Trust 0.030 0.038 0.030 0.038

RMW Dewsbury Health Care NHS Trust 0.030 0.034 0.030 0.034

RQN The Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust 0.030 0.047 0.027 0.044

RGN Peterborough Hospitals NHS Trust 0.030 0.036 0.030 0.036

RTX Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS Trust 0.030 0.039 0.029 0.039

RKE Whittington Hospital NHS Trust 0.030 0.044 0.030 0.044

RM2 South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust 0.030 0.034 0.030 0.034

RNH Newham Healthcare NHS Trust 0.030 0.033 0.026 0.029

RNQ Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust 0.029 0.038 0.029 0.038

RAP North Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust 0.029 0.034 0.029 0.034

RR1 Birmingham Heartlands & Solihull NHS Trust 0.029 0.035 0.029 0.035

RCP Bassetlaw Hospital & Community Health Services NHS Trust 0.029 0.036 0.029 0.036

RDD Basildon & Thurrock General Hospitals NHS Trust 0.028 0.036 0.027 0.035

RD8 Milton Keynes General Hospital NHS Trust 0.028 0.034 0.028 0.034

RN3 Swindon & Marlborough NHS Trust 0.028 0.040 0.027 0.039

RTP Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust 0.028 0.037 0.028 0.037

RLG Carlisle Hospitals NHS Trust 0.028 0.040 0.028 0.040

RV8 North West London Hospitals NHS Trust 0.028 0.035 0.028 0.035

RNA Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust 0.027 0.045 0.026 0.044

RTK Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust 0.027 0.041 0.027 0.041

RAS The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust 0.027 0.034 0.027 0.034

RAX Kingston Hospital NHS Trust 0.027 0.037 0.027 0.037

RVL Barnet & Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust 0.027 0.035 0.026 0.035

RCS Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust 0.026 0.034 0.026 0.034

RNT Stoke Mandeville Hospital NHS Trust 0.026 0.033 0.021 0.028

RD7 Heatherwood & Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Trust 0.025 0.030 0.023 0.028

RJ2 The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust 0.025 0.029 0.025 0.029

RCX Kings Lynn & Wisbech Hospitals NHS Trust 0.024 0.032 0.024 0.032

RDF Forest Healthcare NHS Trust 0.024 0.028 0.024 0.028

RG4 Redbridge Health Care NHS Trust 0.023 0.026 0.021 0.024

RFK Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospital 0.023 0.030 0.023 0.030

RA3 Weston Area Health NHS Trust 0.022 0.026 0.022 0.026

RQ8 Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust 0.021 0.028 0.021 0.027

RVW North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Trust 0.021 0.027 0.021 0.027

RG2 Greenwich Healthcare NHS Trust 0.021 0.028 0.012 0.020

RJ5 St Mary's Hospital NHS Trust 0.020 0.022 0.018 0.021

RGA Calderdale Healthcare NHS Trust 0.018 0.021 0.017 0.021

RRV University College London Hospitals NHS Trust 0.017 0.018 0.017 0.018

RGT Addenbrooke's NHS Trust 0.017 0.023 0.017 0.023

RVV East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust 0.016 0.019 0.016 0.019

REX Oldham NHS Trust 0.015 0.016 0.015 0.016

RJ6 Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust 0.013 0.022 0.013 0.022

RAL Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust 0.013 0.013 0.013 0.013

RA2 Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust 0.004 0.007 0.004 0.007

RGR West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust 0.004 0.004 0.004 0.004

RCA Northallerton Health Services NHS Trust 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001

		Establishment midwifery figures: deliveries ratio1Whole-time equivalents Headcount2	Staff in post midwives: deliveries ratioWhole-time equivalents Headcount
England		0.033	0.042	0.032	0.041
RJ8	Cornwall Healthcare NHS Trust	0.352	0.450	0.352	0.450
RJU	Chorley & South Ribble NHS Trust	0.162	0.173	0.162	0.173
RHS	Southampton Community Health Services NHS Trust	0.111	0.148	0.111	0.148
RH7	Severn NHS Trust	0.105	0.140	0.105	0.140
REA	Exeter & District Community Health Services NHS Trust	0.097	0.128	0.097	0.128
RLF	North Lakeland Healthcare NHS Trust	0.097	0.143	0.097	0.143
RDZ	Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospitals NHS Trust	0.062	0.073	0.062	0.073
RM3	Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust	0.055	0.065	0.053	0.063
RCC	Scarborough & Ne Yorkshire Healthcare NHS Trust	0.054	0.061	0.054	0.061
RVY	Southport & Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust	0.052	0.076	0.052	0.076
RMR	Blackpool Victoria Hospital NHS Trust	0.051	0.061	0.051	0.061
RQW	The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust	0.049	0.060	0.045	0.056
RBL	Wirral Hospital NHS Trust	0.048	0.059	0.046	0.057
RBU	Central Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust	0.048	0.058	0.048	0.058
RLW	City Hospital NHS Trust	0.045	0.050	0.044	0.049
RE9	South Tyneside Healthcare NHS Trust	0.045	0.052	0.045	0.052
RMP	Tameside & Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust	0.045	0.056	0.045	0.056
REZ	Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust	0.044	0.051	0.044	0.051
RWJ	Stockport NHS Trust	0.044	0.051	0.044	0.051
RMC	Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust	0.044	0.051	0.044	0.051
RA9	South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust	0.044	0.055	0.043	0.054
RMK	North Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust	0.043	0.049	0.039	0.045
RVJ	North Bristol NHS Trust	0.043	0.059	0.042	0.057
RH8	Royal Devon & Exeter Healthcare NHS Trust	0.043	0.057	0.043	0.057
RFF	Barnsley District General Hospital NHS Trust	0.043	0.048	0.043	0.048
REM	Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust	0.042	0.053	0.042	0.053
RDL	Eastbourne Hospitals NHS Trust	0.042	0.052	0.042	0.052
RBZ	Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust	0.042	0.052	0.038	0.048
RWD	United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust	0.041	0.056	0.041	0.055
REU	Burnley Healthcare NHS Trust	0.041	0.048	0.041	0.048
RMB	Blackburn, Hyndburn & Ribble Valley Health Care NHS Trust	0.041	0.049	0.041	0.049
RM4	Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust	0.041	0.049	0.041	0.049
RR4	Pinderfields & Pontefract Hospitals NHS Trust	0.041	0.051	0.041	0.051
RJD	Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust	0.041	0.048	0.041	0.048
RBA	Taunton & Somerset NHS Trust	0.040	0.046	0.040	0.046
RVR	Epsom & St Helier NHS Trust	0.040	0.055	0.038	0.053
RTD	The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust	0.040	0.048	0.040	0.047
RDM	Hastings & Rother NHS Trust	0.040	0.050	0.039	0.049
RK9	Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust	0.040	0.050	0.040	0.050
RWP	Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	0.040	0.051	0.040	0.051
RR2	Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Trust	0.039	0.059	0.039	0.059
RJN	East Cheshire NHS Trust	0.039	0.053	0.039	0.053
RWH	East & North Hertfordshire NHS Trust	0.039	0.049	0.033	0.043
RA4	East Somerset NHS Trust	0.039	0.051	0.039	0.051
RN7	Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust	0.039	0.054	0.037	0.052
RE7	West Cumbria Healthcare NHS Trust	0.038	0.052	0.036	0.050
RCF	Airedale NHS Trust	0.038	0.045	0.038	0.045
RCJ	South Tees Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	0.038	0.045	0.037	0.044
RJE	North Staffordshire Hospital NHS Trust	0.038	0.047	0.038	0.047
RLU	Birmingham Women's Healthcare NHS Trust	0.038	0.049	0.036	0.047
RCV	Central Sheffield University Hospitals NHS Trust	0.038	0.048	0.038	0.048
RBN	St Helens & Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust	0.038	0.045	0.038	0.045
RTG	Southern Derbyshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	0.038	0.044	0.038	0.044
RAG	Doncaster Royal Informary & Montagu Hospital NHS Trust	0.037	0.048	0.037	0.048
RMN	Bury Health Care NHS Trust	0.037	0.046	0.037	0.046
RWF	Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust	0.037	0.050	0.032	0.045
RLQ	Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust	0.037	0.047	0.037	0.047
RJY	Wigan & Leigh Health Services NHS Trust	0.037	0.043	0.037	0.043
RKB	University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust	0.037	0.048	0.034	0.045
RR7	Gateshead Health NHS Trust	0.037	0.045	0.037	0.045
RWA	Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trusts	0.037	0.046	0.037	0.046
RZ	Royal Shrewsbury Hospitals NHS Trust	0.037	0.048	0.035	0.047
RJR	Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Trust	0.036	0.047	0.036	0.047
RJZ	King's College Hospital NHS Trust	0.036	0.042	0.035	0.040
RR9	North Durham Health Care NHS Trust	0.036	0.043	0.036	0.043
RBK	Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust	0.036	0.044	0.036	0.044
RPR	The Royal West Sussex NHS Trust	0.036	0.041	0.036	0.041
RHU	Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust	0.036	0.047	0.036	0.047
RF7	Scunthorpe & Goole Hospitals NHS Trust	0.036	0.041	0.036	0.041
RLN	City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Trust	0.036	0.041	0.036	0.041
RFS	Chesterfield & North Derbyshire Royal Hospital NHS Trust	0.036	0.042	0.036	0.042
RR8	Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	0.036	0.045	0.035	0.044
RBD	West Dorset General Hospitals NHS Trust	0.035	0.049	0.035	0.049
RWE	University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust	0.035	0.046	0.035	0.046
RF6	North East Lincolnshire NHS Trust	0.035	0.044	0.035	0.044
RCB	York Health Services NHS Trust	0.035	0.045	0.035	0.045
RNZ	Salisbury Healthcare NHS Trust	0.035	0.048	0.035	0.048
RNE	Sandwell Healthcare NHS Trust	0.035	0.041	0.035	0.041
RDE	Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust	0.035	0.042	0.034	0.041
RMF	Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	0.035	0.046	0.035	0.046
RKC	Warrington Hospital NHS Trust	0.035	0.044	0.033	0.043
RBT	The Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust	0.034	0.042	0.034	0.042
RFR	Rotherham General Hospitals NHS Trust	0.034	0.040	0.034	0.040
RL4	The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust	0.034	0.041	0.034	0.041
RPS	Mid Sussex NHS Trust	0.034	0.042	0.025	0.033
RG3	Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust	0.034	0.038	0.026	0.030
RN1	Winchester & Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust	0.033	0.045	0.033	0.045
RLT	George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust	0.033	0.043	0.033	0.042
RAJ	Southend Hospital NHS Trust	0.033	0.038	0.033	0.038
RPA	Medway NHS Trust	0.033	0.040	0.033	0.040
RJF	Burton Hospitals NHS Trust	0.033	0.043	0.033	0.043
RAE	Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust	0.033	0.039	0.033	0.039
RJC	South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust	0.033	0.043	0.033	0.043
RPL	Worthing & Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust	0.033	0.049	0.033	0.049
RWG	West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust	0.033	0.045	0.029	0.042
RJH	Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust	0.033	0.048	0.032	0.047
RVQ	Wiltshire & Swindon Healthcare NHS Trust	0.032	0.043	0.032	0.043
RGP	James Paget Healthcare NHS Trust	0.032	0.055	0.031	0.054
RTA	South Durham Health Care NHS Trust	0.032	0.040	0.032	0.040
RGQ	Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust	0.032	0.044	0.032	0.044
REF	Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust	0.032	0.043	0.032	0.043
RG7	Havering Hospitals NHS Trust	0.032	0.040	0.030	0.038
RC1	Bedford Hospitals NHS Trust	0.032	0.040	0.032	0.040
RFW	West Middlesex University NHS Trust	0.032	0.037	0.027	0.033
RTF	Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust	0.032	0.039	0.032	0.039
RA5	East Gloucestershire NHS Trust	0.032	0.047	0.031	0.046
RTH	Oxford Radcliffe Hospital NHS Trust	0.032	0.042	0.031	0.041
RQM	Chelsea & Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust	0.032	0.038	0.032	0.038
RNS	Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust	0.031	0.041	0.031	0.041
RJ7	St George's Healthcare NHS Trust	0.031	0.037	0.031	0.037
RGZ	Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust	0.031	0.044	0.029	0.042
RHW	Royal Berkshire & Battle Hospitals NHS Trust	0.031	0.044	0.031	0.044
RM1	Norfolk & Norwich Health Care NHS Trust	0.031	0.041	0.030	0.040
RD3	Poole Hospitals NHS Trust	0.031	0.050	0.031	0.050
RDU	Frimley Park Hospital NHS Trust	0.031	0.042	0.031	0.042
RJ1	Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Trust	0.031	0.033	0.027	0.029
RA7	United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust	0.031	0.039	0.031	0.039
REP	Liverpool Womens Hospital NHS Trust	0.031	0.040	0.031	0.040
RK5	The Kings Mill Centre for Health Care Services NHS Trust	0.031	0.036	0.031	0.036
RH6	Gloucestershire Royal NHS Trust	0.031	0.035	0.031	0.035
RQQ	Hinchingbrooke Healthcare NHS Trust	0.030	0.042	0.030	0.042
RN5	North Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust	0.030	0.042	0.029	0.041
RHM	Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust	0.030	0.040	0.030	0.040
RC3	Ealing Hospital NHS Trust	0.030	0.044	0.030	0.044
RH2	South Buckinghamshire NHS Trust	0.030	0.042	0.028	0.040
RQX	Homerton Hospital NHS Trust	0.030	0.032	0.023	0.024
RC9	Luton & Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust	0.030	0.045	0.028	0.043
RCD	Harrogate Health Care NHS Trust	0.030	0.038	0.030	0.038
RMW	Dewsbury Health Care NHS Trust	0.030	0.034	0.030	0.034
RQN	The Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust	0.030	0.047	0.027	0.044
RGN	Peterborough Hospitals NHS Trust	0.030	0.036	0.030	0.036
RTX	Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS Trust	0.030	0.039	0.029	0.039
RKE	Whittington Hospital NHS Trust	0.030	0.044	0.030	0.044
RM2	South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust	0.030	0.034	0.030	0.034
RNH	Newham Healthcare NHS Trust	0.030	0.033	0.026	0.029
RNQ	Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust	0.029	0.038	0.029	0.038
RAP	North Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust	0.029	0.034	0.029	0.034
RR1	Birmingham Heartlands & Solihull NHS Trust	0.029	0.035	0.029	0.035
RCP	Bassetlaw Hospital & Community Health Services NHS Trust	0.029	0.036	0.029	0.036
RDD	Basildon & Thurrock General Hospitals NHS Trust	0.028	0.036	0.027	0.035
RD8	Milton Keynes General Hospital NHS Trust	0.028	0.034	0.028	0.034
RN3	Swindon & Marlborough NHS Trust	0.028	0.040	0.027	0.039
RTP	Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust	0.028	0.037	0.028	0.037
RLG	Carlisle Hospitals NHS Trust	0.028	0.040	0.028	0.040
RV8	North West London Hospitals NHS Trust	0.028	0.035	0.028	0.035
RNA	Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust	0.027	0.045	0.026	0.044
RTK	Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust	0.027	0.041	0.027	0.041
RAS	The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust	0.027	0.034	0.027	0.034
RAX	Kingston Hospital NHS Trust	0.027	0.037	0.027	0.037
RVL	Barnet & Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust	0.027	0.035	0.026	0.035
RCS	Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust	0.026	0.034	0.026	0.034
RNT	Stoke Mandeville Hospital NHS Trust	0.026	0.033	0.021	0.028
RD7	Heatherwood & Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Trust	0.025	0.030	0.023	0.028
RJ2	The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust	0.025	0.029	0.025	0.029
RCX	Kings Lynn & Wisbech Hospitals NHS Trust	0.024	0.032	0.024	0.032
RDF	Forest Healthcare NHS Trust	0.024	0.028	0.024	0.028
RG4	Redbridge Health Care NHS Trust	0.023	0.026	0.021	0.024
RFK	Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospital	0.023	0.030	0.023	0.030
RA3	Weston Area Health NHS Trust	0.022	0.026	0.022	0.026
RQ8	Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust	0.021	0.028	0.021	0.027
RVW	North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Trust	0.021	0.027	0.021	0.027
RG2	Greenwich Healthcare NHS Trust	0.021	0.028	0.012	0.020
RJ5	St Mary's Hospital NHS Trust	0.020	0.022	0.018	0.021
RGA	Calderdale Healthcare NHS Trust	0.018	0.021	0.017	0.021
RRV	University College London Hospitals NHS Trust	0.017	0.018	0.017	0.018
RGT	Addenbrooke's NHS Trust	0.017	0.023	0.017	0.023
RVV	East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust	0.016	0.019	0.016	0.019
REX	Oldham NHS Trust	0.015	0.016	0.015	0.016
RJ6	Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust	0.013	0.022	0.013	0.022
RAL	Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust	0.013	0.013	0.013	0.013
RA2	Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust	0.004	0.007	0.004	0.007
RGR	West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust	0.004	0.004	0.004	0.004
RCA	Northallerton Health Services NHS Trust	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001

Notes:

1 Establishment midwife figures are the sum of the staff in posts figures as at 30 September 2000 and the 3 month vacancy figures as at 31 March 2001 so will not necessarily give an accurate reflection of the actual establishment.

2 Headcount establishment figures are the sum in post headcount and the 3 month vacancies whole-time equivalents, headcount vacancy figures are unavailable.

3 Deliveries at Royal London (RNJ) are attended by midwives employed by Tower Hamlets (RRG) and have therefore been excluded.

4 Figures are rounded to three decimal places.

5 Due to rounding totals may not equal the sum of component parts.

6 Figures exclude learners and agency staff.

Source:

Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census

Department of Health NHS Workforce Vacancy Survey

Office for National Statistics (ONS) Birth Registration Statistics as compiled by SD3G

14 Oct 2002 : Column 507W

Mr. Wilshire: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list NHS maternity units in descending order of the percentage of Caesarean deliveries in 2001. [67460]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 5 July 2002]: The table showing the percentage of deliveries by caesarean section by trust in descending order fo2000 to 2001, taken from the data published in the National Health Service Maternity Statistics, England Bulletin 2002/11 published in April 2002 has been placed in the Library.

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