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