AQW 46213/11-15

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 26/05/2015
Answered On Date: 10/06/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail the number of new permanent full time staff nurse posts created in each of the last three years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.

Answer:

The Qualified Nursing & Midwifery workforce has continued to grow over the last few years. The total whole-time equivalent, excluding bank staff and those with a WTE of less than 0.03, has increased by approximately 966, or 7.1%, between March 2011 and March 2015.

The South Eastern and Southern Trusts were unable to provide the information requested. The number of newly created permanent full-time Band 5 Staff Nurse posts in the Belfast, Northern and Western Trusts are shown in the table below.

Table: Newly Created Permanent Full-Time Band 5 Staff Nurse Posts

	Belfast HSC Trust	Northern HSC Trust	Western HSC Trust
2012/13	0	10	*
2013/14	54	18	21
2014/15	14	14	30

* The Western Trust were unable to provide a figure for 2012/13.