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NHS Sickness Absence

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many employees of health trusts in the Province are on sick leave, broken down by profession. [24901]

Mr. Woodward: The number of employees who were on sick leave on 30 September 2005 is set out in the following table:

Staff group
Number of employees
on sick leave
Administrative and clerical549
Works and maintenance37
Ancillary and general876
Nursing and midwifery1,415
Social work staff333
Professional and technical240
Medical and dental50
NI Ambulance Service(82)(82)83.59


(82) The NI Ambulance Service HSS Trust was only able to provide information in whole time equivalent due to the shift patterns worked by employees. Their figure includes employees in the ambulance, administrative and clerical, ancillary and general and medical staff groups.



 
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Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the costs resulting from sick leave among NHS employees in the Province in 2004–05. [24902]

Mr. Woodward: The information requested is not held centrally.

Nurses

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many overseas nurses are employed by each health trust in the Province. [24903]

Mr. Woodward: Information requested is provided in the following table.
Nurses from overseas employed by health trust as at 1 November 2005

TrustHeadcountWhole-time equivalent
Altnagelvin Group HSS Trust3030.00
Armagh and Dungannon HSS Trust00.00
Belfast City Hospital HSS Trust100100.00
Causeway HSS Trust1212.00
Craigavon and Banbridge Community HSS Trust
2
2.00
Craigavon Area Hospital Group HSS Trust4038.94
Down Lisburn HSS Trust5151.00
Foyle Community HSS Trust44.00
Greenpark Healthcare HSS Trust5756.88
Homefirst Community HSS Trust5555.00
Mater Infirmorum Hospital HSS Trust5151.00
Newry and Mourne HSS Trust1212.00
North and West Belfast HSS Trust00.00
Royal Group of Hospitals HSS Trust218218.00
South and East Belfast HSS Trust00.00
Sperrin Lakeland HSS Trust2524.84
Ulster Community and Hospitals Group
HSS Trust
107107.00
United Hospitals Group HSS Trust9595.00
Total859857.66




Source:
NI Health Trusts



Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many nursing vacancies there are in each health trust in the Province. [24904]

Mr. Woodward: The information requested is provided in the following tables.
Number of current vacancies for nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff at each health trust as at 31 March 2005

Qualified nursing staff(83)
Unqualified nursing staff
TrustHeadcountWTEHeadcountWTE
Altnagelvin Group HSS Trust3837.321211.40
Armagh and Dungannon HSS Trust1615.0355.00
Belfast City Hospital HSS Trust116114.19109.20
Causeway HSS Trust109.5011.00
Craigavon and Banbridge Community HSS Trust96.4500.00
Craigavon Area Hospital Group HSS Trust1815.7832.53
Down Lisburn HSS Trust1918.4100.00
Foyle Community HSS Trust1514.0044.00
Green Park Healthcare HSS Trust5045.24137.97
Homefirst Community HSS Trust2725.4300.00
Mater Infirmorum Hospital HSS Trust4442.952220.67
Newry and Mourne HSS Trust22.0000.00
North and West Belfast HSS Trust4741.9742.53
Royal Group of Hospitals HSS Trust137116.843426.90
South and East Belfast HSS Trust3029.3300.00
Sperrin/Lakeland HSS Trust1212.0010.80
Ulster Community and Hospitals Group HSS Trust3027.1531.00
United Hospitals Group HSS Trust2018.47129.26
Other Agencies and Board Headquarters21.8000.00
Total642593.86124102.26


(83) Qualified nursing staff include midwives, health visitors and district nurses.
Source:
NI HPSS Trusts and Organisations





 
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Number of long-term vacancies for nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff at each health trust as at 31 March 2005

Qualified nursing staff(84)
Unqualified nursing staff
TrustHeadcountWTEHeadcountWTE
Altnagelvin Group HSS Trust3837.321211.4
Armagh and Dungannon HSS Trust66.0000.00
Belfast City Hospital HSS Trust108106.19109.20
Causeway HSS Trust22.0000.00
Craigavon and Banbridge Community HSS Trust00.0000.00
Craigavon Area Hospital Group HSS Trust32.8400.00
Down Lisburn HSS Trust76.4100.00
Foyle Community HSS Trust00.0000.00
Green Park Healthcare HSS Trust3232.0000.00
Homefirst Community HSS Trust1110.5000.00
Mater Infirmorum Hospital HSS Trust2020.0000.00
Newry and Mourne HSS Trust00.0000.00
North and West Belfast HSS Trust4137.1732.00
Royal Group of Hospitals HSS Trust00.0000.00
South and East Belfast HSS Trust1413.3300.00
Sperrin/Lakeland HSS Trust00.0000.00
Ulster Community and Hospitals Group HSS Trust00.0000.00
United Hospitals Group HSS Trust00.0000.00
Other Agencies and Board Headquarters10.8000.00
Total283274.562522.60


(84) Qualified nursing staff include midwives, health visitors and district nurses.
Source:
NI HPSS Trusts and Organisations




Ombudsmen (Police Complaints)

Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many complaints he has received from police officers regarding (a) actions by officers from the Ombudsman's Office and (b) investigations carried out by the Police Ombudsman in each of the last five years. [25148]

Mr. Woodward: In light of the Police Ombudsman's independent status, the NIO does not receive and handle complaints made against the Police Ombudsman's Office, except on the very narrow ground of maladministration in the Ombudsman's administrative processes. A complaint about the Ombudsman's handling of an investigation, or its outcome should be pursued through the Ombudsman's own internal complaints mechanism.

Records of complaints of alleged administrative maladministration are available from January 2005. Since then, three such complaints have been received from police officers.
 
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Orthopaedic Surgeons

Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many consultant orthopaedic surgeons there are in Northern Ireland. [24152]

Mr. Woodward: Information is only available for those consultant orthopaedic surgeons working within the Northern Ireland Health and Personal Social Services workforce. This information is provided in the table.
Number of consultant orthopaedic surgeons employed within the NI HPSS by trust as at 31 October 2005

TrustHeadcountWhole-time equivalent
Altnagelvin Group HSS Trust76.91
Green Park Healthcare HSS Trust1613.87
Royal Group of Hospitals HSS Trust1110.00
Ulster Community and Hospitals Group
HSS Trust
55.00
Total3935.78




Source:
NI HPSS Trusts




 
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Paramilitary Violence

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many paramilitary (a) shootings
 
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and (b) assaults have been recorded by each Police District Command Unit in the Province in each of the last seven years. [24897]

Mr. Woodward: The information is as follows.
(a) Casualties as a result of paramilitary style shootings

DCU1999200020012002200320042005(85)Total
Antrim111225012
Ards014812141251
Armagh11101105
Banbridge10020003
East Belfast5971217141276
North Belfast20354841302614214
South Belfast21116983049
West Belfast101530162963109
Ballymena01100002
Ballymoney11100003
Carrickfergus3271262032
Coleraine020542013
Cookstown00001001
Craigavon213321113
Castlereagh3036310631
Dungannon and South Tyrone122121110
Down132221011
Fermanagh10001002
Foyle202333114
Larne112402010
Limavady00000000
Lisburn310121272046
Magherafelt10000012
Moyle00000000
Newtownabbey929262818109129
North Down1313225329
Newry and Mourne163421017
Omagh00000000
Strabane322143217
Total7313618617315611265901

(b) Casualties as a result of paramilitary style assaults

DCU1999200020012002200320042005(85)Total
Antrim652143526
Ards8412987553
Armagh045212115
Banbridge02203209
East Belfast469984141
North Belfast101591122161295
South Belfast494967645
West Belfast12151316166482
Ballymena127200012
Ballymoney303360116
Carrickfergus5781373750
Coleraine200315213
Cookstown20010003
Craigavon422023316
Castlereagh223767431
Dungannon and South Tyrone200215212
Down247335125
Fermanagh00011002
Foyle17178476766
Larne30101005
Limavady00121004
Lisburn11111610124367
Magherafelt00010001
Moyle21022119
Newtownabbey2018181412135100
North Down7364107239
Newry and Mourne413662426
Omagh01001002
Strabane337427127
Total13413214613914911577892


(85) To 30 September.
Note:
2005 statistics are provisional and may be subject to minor amendment.






 
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