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Consultants: Cheshire and Merseyside

Asked by Derek TwiggLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 27 June 2025UIN 61489

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many consultant posts are vacant in the each of the acute hospital trusts in the Cheshire and Merseyside ICB.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The Department does not hold information on the number of consultant vacancies at hospitals in the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board. NHS England publishes regular high-level statistics on vacancies across National Health Service trusts, which are available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-vacancies-survey

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