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NHS: Manpower

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many staff were employed by the NHS in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire in the most recent year for which figures are available. [249035]

Ann Keen: Information is not available in the format requested. The following table shows the number of staff employed in Hertfordshire.


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Number (headcount)

 Total specified organisations( 1) East and North Hertfordshire PCT East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust West Hertfordshire PCT West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust

All Staff

15,979

3,164

5,438

3,271

3,929

177

Of which:

General Practice (GP)

3,037

1,474

—

1,563

—

—

All General Practitioners

750

340

—

410

—

—

Practice nurses

412

203

—

209

—

—

Other practice staff

1,875

931

—

944

-

—

Medical and dental staff

1,325

27

625

19

477

177

Non-medical staff(2)

11,617

1,663

4,813

1,689

3,452

—

Professionally qualified clinical staff

6,105

835

2,551

926

1,793

—

Qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff

4,531

548

1,971

642

1,370

—

Qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical staff (ST and T)

1,574

287

580

284

423

—

Qualified Allied Health

898

272

196

262

168

—

Professions

Qualified Healthcare Scientists

364

208

1

155

—

Other qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical staff

312

15

176

21

100

—

Support to clinical staff

3,323

357

1,247

577

1,142

—

Support to doctors and nursing staff

2,676

311

988

510

867

—

Support to ST and T staff

647

46

259

67

275

—

National health service infrastructure support

2,172

467

1,015

173

517

—

Central functions

1,386

351

604

84

347

—

Hotel, property and estates

445

356

2

87

—

Managers and senior managers

341

116

55

87

83

—

Other staff or those with unknown

Classification

17

4

—

13

—

—

Unknown

17

4

—

13

—

—
(1) Workforce data is not available at parliamentary constituency area, nor by broad geographical regions. Hemel Hempstead constituency and the area of Hertfordshire are contained within and served by the trusts and organisations provided here.
(2) Figure excludes medical hospital practitioners and medical clinical assistants, most of whom are GPs working part time in hospitals.
Data quality
Workforce statistics are compiled from data sent by more than 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) in England. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data. Processing methods and procedures are continually being updated to improve data quality. Where this happens any impact on figures already published will be assessed but unless this is significant at national level they will not be changed. Where there is impact only at detailed or local level this will be footnoted in relevant analyses.
Source:
The Information Centre for health and social care General and Personal Medical Services Statistics
The Information Centre for health and social care Medical and Dental Workforce Census
The Information Centre for health and social care Non-medical Workforce Census

NHS: Pensions

Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer of 1 September 2008, Official Report, column 1751W, on the NHS Pensions Agency: resource accounting and benefits, for what reason the NHS pension scheme resource accounts were not published between the 2008 summer recess and the end of the 2007-08 Session; and when he plans to publish them. [249006]

Ann Keen: In his written ministerial statement of 16 December 2008, my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster referred to overpayments made to pensioners of public sector pension schemes, including the NHS pension scheme.

The NHS pension scheme accounts contain reference to these overpayments. The decision was taken not to publish the accounts until such time as we had sufficient information to be able to inform the pensioners. Critical to this decision was the need to avoid unnecessary public concern among the vast majority of national health service pensioners who were entirely unaffected, but who would not have known that had a general announcement been made. Letters were sent to affected pensioners on 15 December and the statement, formally notifying Parliament of the overpayments, was made on 16 December.

The accounts will be now be laid before the statutory deadline of 31 January 2009.

NHS: Resignations

Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many chief executives of NHS trusts left their posts in the last 12 months, broken down by reason for departure. [248913]

Ann Keen: This information is not collected centrally.

NHS: Temporary Employment

Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many agency staff each NHS trust has used in each of the last 10 years; and at what cost in each such year. [248914]

Ann Keen: The number of agency staff used by each national health service trust is not collected centrally.

A table which shows agency spend for each NHS trust for 2001-02 to 2007-08 has been placed in the Library. Data are not available prior to 2001-02.

NHS: Training

Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what requirements are placed on students in receipt of NHS bursaries to work within the NHS. [249801]

Ann Keen: Healthcare students are encouraged and supported to develop at least some of their career within a national health service setting, however, they are not obliged to do so, it is a matter for the individual.

A review of NHS student support was announced in Lord Ara Darzi's “A High Quality Workforce: NHS Next Stage Review” (30 June 2008). A copy of the review has already been placed in the Library. The Department is working in partnership with key stakeholders to undertake the review of existing arrangements for NHS student support and will consider a wide range of options for NHS student support in the future.

Osteopathy

Kelvin Hopkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many osteopaths have been added to the any willing provider lists held by primary care trusts to date. [249552]

Ann Keen: This information is not collected centrally.

Out-patients

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many outpatient appointments were missed (a) in England and (b) in each NHS trust in each year since 1997-98. [249243]

Mr. Bradshaw: The data requested have been placed in the Library.

Pharmacy

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of (a) all medicines dispensed in the community and (b) all medicines for the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions dispensed in the community have been prescribed by supplementary prescribers in each year since 2004-05. [249265]

Phil Hope: The Department does not collect specific information that differentiates prescriptions written by supplementary prescribers.

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