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Health Care Assistants
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many health care assistants work in the NHS; and if he will list the titles they work under in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each NHS trust. [138177]
Mr. Hutton: As at September 2002, there were 210,462 healthcare assistants employed in the national health service according to the non-medical workforce census. Healthcare assistants perform a similar role as other groups in the NHS, including nursing auxiliaries and assistants to qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical staff. These staff are included in the above figure and also the Performance and Planning Framework target for 27,000 more healthcare assistants by 2005 over a 2002 baseline.
Job titles of staff within NHS organisations are determined at a local level and are not collated centrally.
Details of the number of healthcare assistants by primary care trusts have been placed in the Library.
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Heath Care (Bath/North East Somerset)
Dan Norris: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time for patients from Bath and North East Somerset was in (a) 1997 and (b) 2003 for (i) cancer treatment and (ii) heart operations. [136327]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Information for 1997 is not available. Specific information on heart operations is collected from patients waiting over nine months at the end of the quarter. At quarter ending September 2003, there were no patients waiting over nine months within the Bath and North East Somerset primary care trust area. Trust level data on waiting times for cancer treatment for quarter ending September 2003 are published at: http ://www.doh.gov.uk/waitingtimes
Health Care (York)
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general dental practitioners offered NHS treatment in York in each year since 1979. [135953]
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Miss Melanie Johnson: The available information is for the general dental service (GDS). The information in the table shows the number of GDS dentists in the York area at September each year from 1979 to 2002 and at 30 June 2003. The number of dentists includes principals, assistants and vocational dental practitioners. The information is presented for the health administration area covering the York area, which changed during the period.
| Health area | Number of dentists | |
|---|---|---|
| Selby And York Primary Care Trust | ||
| 30 June 2003 | 117 | |
| 30 September each year | ||
| 2002 | 126 | |
| North Yorkshire Health Authority | ||
| 2001 | 304 | |
| 2000 | 292 | |
| 1999 | 287 | |
| 1998 | 277 | |
| 1997 | 267 | |
| 1996 | 264 | |
| North Yorkshire Family Health Service | ||
| 1995 | 244 | |
| 1994 | 248 | |
| 1993 | 247 | |
| 1992 | 235 | |
| 1991 | 243 | |
| 1990 | 241 | |
| North Yorkshire Family Practitioners Committee | ||
| 1989 | 235 | |
| 1988 | 231 | |
| 1987 | 217 | |
| 1986 | 218 | |
| 1985 | 221 | |
| 1984 | 219 | |
| 1983 | 215 | |
| 1982 | 205 | |
| 1981 | 199 | |
| 1980 | 193 | |
| 1979 | 186 | |
Health Services (Essex)
Mr. Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many full-time midwives were employed by Essex Strategic Health Authority on 1st September. [139511]
Dr. Ladyman: Essex Strategic Health Authority (SHA) does not employ any full time midwives. However, I am informed that the number of midwives employed by the National Health Service in Essex SHA area as at 30 September 2002 was 292.
- Source:Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census.
Mr. Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many full-time district nurses were employed by Essex Strategic Health Authority on 1 September. [139512]
Dr. Ladyman: Essex Strategic Health Authority (SHA) does not employ any full time district nurses. However, I am informed that the number of district
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nurses employed by the National Health Service in Essex SHA area as at 30 September 2002 was 289, for which these are the latest figures available.
- Source:Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census 2002.
Mr. Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many occupational therapists were employed by South Essex Partnership NHS Trust on 1 September. [139513]
Dr. Ladyman: As at 30 September 2002, there were 82 occupational therapists employed by the South Essex Partnership National Health Service Trust. This, the latest available data, is shown in the table.
| Whole-time equivalent | Headcount at 30 September 2002 |
|---|---|
| 73 | 82 |
Source:
Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census 2002
Mr. Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many full-time administrative staff were employed in general practice surgeries by Essex Strategic Health Authority on 1September. [139514]
Dr. Ladyman: Essex Strategic Health Authority (SHA) does not directly employ staff in general practitioner practices they are recruited by each GP practice in line with their specific support requirements.
However, I am advised that there are 1,486 administrative and clerical staff employed by in practices in the Essex SHA area as at 30 September 2002, which are the latest figures available.
- Source:Department of Health General and Personal Medical Services Statistics.
Mr. Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many full-time general practitioners were employed by Essex Strategic Health Authority on 1 September. [139515]
Dr. Ladyman: Essex Strategic Health Authority (SHA) does not directly employ any general practitioners, they are recruited through the primary care trusts in line with empowering the local care providing communities. However, I am advised that within the Essex SHA area in June 2003, the number of GPs were as shown in the table.
| Number of GPs | Number of which were full time |
|---|---|
| 900 | 750 |
Source:
Department of Health General and Personal Medical Services Statistics
Mr. Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the vacancy figure for NHS general practitioners in Essex was on 1 September. [139520]
Dr. Ladyman: It is not possible to give vacancy statistics on a particular date. However, I am informed that there are currently 157 vacancies for general practitioners in the Essex Strategic Health Authority area as at 31 March 2003, for which these are the latest figures available.
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Mr. Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the vacancy figure for district nurses in Essex was on 1 September. [139521]
Dr. Ladyman: The total number of vacancies are not held centrally. However, I am advised that information for three month vacancies is collected and the data currently available is as at 31 March 2003.
Vacancies for all district nurses in the Essex Strategic Health Authority area and three month vacancy rates, numbers and staff in post are shown in the table.
| Three Monthvacancy rate—percentage | Three month vacancy number | Staff in post (whole-time equivalent) | Staff in post (headcount)
| March 2003 | September 2002
| 5.8 | 20 | 407 | 512
| | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sources:
Department of Health Vacancies Survey, March 2003.
Department of Health Non-Midical Workforce Census, September 2002.
Mr. Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the vacancy figure for ambulance paramedics in the Essex ambulance service was on 1 September. [139522]
Dr. Ladyman: The total number of vacancies is not held centrally. However, I am advised that information for three month vacancies is collected and the data currently available is as at 31 March 2003.
Vacancies for all ambulance staff in the Essex Strategic Health Authority area and three month vacancy rates, numbers and staff in post are shown in the table.
| Three Monthvacancy rate—percentage | Three month vacancy number | Staff in post (whole-time equivalent) | Staff in post (headcount)
| March 2003 | September 2002
| 0.0 | — | 566 | 623
| | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Source:
Department of Health Vacancies Survey, March 2003.
Mr. Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many full-time paramedics were employed by Essex Air Ambulance on 1 September. [139660]
Dr. Ladyman: This information is not collected centrally.
Mr. Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many trainee paramedics were employed by the Essex Ambulance Service on 1st September. [139661]
Dr. Ladyman: As at 30 September 2002, there were 62 full-time trainee ambulance personnel employed by the Essex Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust, for which these are the latest figures available.
- Source:Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census.
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