Patsy McGlone MLA Assembly Question 29/03/12

Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail the number of current vacancies for (i) consultants; (ii) registrars; (iii) senior house officers; and (iv) pre-registration house officers in each hospital, in each Health and Social Care Trust area.

(AQW 8334/11-15)

Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety: Information from the latest Health & Social Care vacancy survey is provided below.

Number of current vacancies for Consultants, Specialty Registrars, Foundation House Officer 2 and Foundation House Officer 1 by Hospital as at 30th September 2011

Trust	Hospital	Consultant		Specialty Registrar		Foundation House Officer 2
Trust	Hospital	HC	WTE	HC	WTE	HC	WTE
Belfast	Beechcroft (Forster Green)	1	1.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
	Belfast City Hospital	8	7.8	2	1.5	0	0.0
	Windsor House (BCH)	1	1.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
	Mater Hospital	2	2.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
	Musgrave Park Hospital	1	1.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
	Royal Victoria Hospital	20	19.5	3	3.0	0	0.0
	Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children	6	6.0	4	4.0	0	0.0
	School of Dentistry	3	2.5	0	0.0	1	1.0
	Non-Hospital Location	2	1.8	0	0.0	0	0.0
Northern	Antrim	6	6.0	8	7.5	0	0.0
	Causeway	0	0.0	8	8.0	0	0.0
	Holywell	0	0.0	1	1.0	0	0.0
South Eastern	Downe	1	1.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
	Lagan Valley	1	0.6	0	0.0	0	0.0
	Ulster	10	10.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Southern	Craigavon Area	12	12.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Southern	Daisy Hill	7	6.9	0	0.0	0	0.0
Western	Altnagelvin	10	10.0	5	5.0	1	1.0
	Erne	3	3.0	2	2.0	1	1.0
	Gransha	1	1.0	0	0.0	0	0.0

Source: NI Health and Social Care Trusts

Notes:

HC = Headcount; WTE = Whole-time Equivalent.

Information on the number of vacancies within the Northern Ireland Health & Social Care is collected bi-annually (as at 31st March and 30th September) by means of a survey and is published on the DHSSPS website at http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/index/stats_research/work_force/stats-hsc.htm .

A current vacancy is a post which at 30th September 2011, the organisation was actively trying to fill.

There were no vacancies for Foundation House Officer 1 at 30th September 2011.

Figures exclude vacancies for temporary posts.

Under Modernising Medical Careers, grading within the Medical and Dental Occupational Family was replaced by a new system. Information has therefore been provided within the new grading system framework.

ENDS