Request

Would it please be possible to share the following information: Number of paediatric substantive consultant posts advertised in the past 10 years, or 5 years depending on availability. - Paediatric locum consultant posts advertised in the past 10 years, or 5 years depending on availability.

Response

I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested, and a copy of the information is attached.

Search terms

The number of published adverts between 01/01/2020 – 01/01/2025

Paediatric substantive consultant posts: 6868

Filters applied to data:

• Job title contains words: “consultant”, and either the job title or the work area contains words “child” or “paediatric”; job title excludes “locum”

• Job type is “permanent”; excluded: “bank”, “fixed term”, “locum” and “secondment”.

Paediatric locum consultant posts: 3071

Filters applied to data:

• Job title contains words: “locum”, and “consultant” or pay band / scale equals “consultant” and either the job title or the work area contains words “child” or “paediatric”

The information provided is limited to what the recruiting organisation supplies us with. For more detail on each position, you may wish to write to each trust directly. A directory of trusts and ICBs (including the ones provided in the data) can be found at the below web link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-provider-directory/

Data Queries

Please contact foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference if you have any specific questions regarding this response; or, if you feel you may be misunderstanding or misinterpreting the information; or, if you plan on publishing the data.

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The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement: “NHS Jobs, NHSBSA Copyright 2025” Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence.

Information you receive which is not subject to NHSBSA Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated. Please obtain their permission before reproducing any third party (non NHSBSA Copyright) information.