Table 1

Nurse staffing, registration and vacancies by SHA, 2004^a
	NHS Staffing		NMC Register		Vacancy

SHA name	wte	headcount	register	%NHS^b	%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	110^c	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 South^d	7460	9793	15813	62	1.2	86

All London SHAs	51071	63364	72617	87	5.1	2719
Southeast Region^e	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	-	-	-

^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. ^bNHS headcount divided by # registered nurses. ^cOver 100% because fewer nurses reside in North Central London than work there (due to nurses who commute from other SHAs). ^dFormerly named the Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire & Worcestershire SHA. ^eIncludes SHAs of Thames Valley, Hampshire & Isle of Wight, Kent & Medway, and Surrey & Sussex.
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