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Table 1 Nurse staffing, registration and vacancies by SHA, 2004a

From: International nurse recruitment and NHS vacancies: a cross-sectional analysis

 

NHS Staffing

NMC Register

Vacancy

SHA name

wte

headcount

register

%NHSb

%vac

#vac

Norfolk, Suffolk & ambridgeshire

12312

15936

21775

73

2.3

296

Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire

6818

8684

15416

56

6.4

441

Essex

6858

8637

13976

62

3.3

230

London

      

   North West London

12627

15556

16785

93

6.6

815

   North Central London

10501

12553

11379

110c

5.7

592

   North East London

9416

11646

13632

85

3.8

332

   South East London

11024

13930

16384

85

7.3

811

   South West London

7503

9679

14437

67

2.3

170

Northumberland, Tyne & Wear

10365

12455

14588

85

1.1

113

County Durham & Tees Valley

7275

8536

12147

70

1.4

103

NE Yorkshire & N Lincolnshire

7951

9845

17842

55

2.1

174

West Yorkshire

14233

17926

20594

87

1.6

221

Cumbria & ancashire

11490

14226

21246

67

1.3

155

Greater Manchester

17422

20674

25279

82

1.6

289

Cheshire & Merseyside

16276

19730

26948

73

1.4

225

The Southeast

      

   Thames Valley

10621

13975

20044

70

2.9

295

   Hampshire & Isle of Wight

9424

12564

18370

68

3.6

331

   Kent & Medway

7261

9303

14562

64

2.7

195

   Surrey & Sussex

12977

17258

28048

62

4.3

547

Avon, Gloucestershire & Wiltshire

12699

16836

23765

71

1.8

220

South West Peninsula

8888

10958

16902

65

0.9

77

Dorset & Somerset

6202

7945

12662

63

0.4

23

South Yorkshire

9138

10783

13355

81

0.9

85

Trent

14050

17333

26817

65

0.8

120

Leics, Northamptonshire & Rutland

7272

9041

15028

60

2.1

167

Shropshire & Staffordshire

7985

9862

16108

61

1.1

89

Birmingham & the Black Country

15288

18343

19620

94

1.9

296

West Midlands Southd

7460

9793

15813

62

1.2

86

All London SHAs

51071

63364

72617

87

5.1

2719

Southeast Regione

40283

53100

81024

66

3.3

1368

Rest of England

199982

247543

349881

71

1.7

3421

England TOTAL

291336

364007

503522

73

2.6

7508

Wales

26300

-

33281

-

2.1

564

Scotland

39037

41270

66817

6.2

1.1

486

Northern Ireland

-

-

21645

-

-

-

  1. aNurse staff based on the NHS Workforce Census conducted in September, 2003 by SHA of work (excluding staff of special health authorities or other statutory bodies besides SHAs) [31]. Registered nurse population based on April, 2004 NMC data by postcode of residence mapped to SHA. Vacancy data from the 2004 Vacancy Survey for England [21], ISD Scotland [32] and the Statistical Directorate of the National Assembly for Wales [33]. All figures relate to qualified nurses, midwives and health visitors.
  2. bNHS headcount divided by # registered nurses.
  3. cOver 100% because fewer nurses reside in North Central London than work there (due to nurses who commute from other SHAs).
  4. dFormerly named the Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire & Worcestershire SHA.
  5. eIncludes SHAs of Thames Valley, Hampshire & Isle of Wight, Kent & Medway, and Surrey & Sussex.