PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
NHS: Coronavirus (5 January 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of staff shortages in the NHS in (a) Stockport constituency, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) the North West due to the omicron variant of covid-19.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

The information is not held in the format requested as while data for COVID-19 related absences is collected, it does not distinguish whether this is related to the Omicron variant.

However, the following table shows the number of staff absences due to COVID-19 related reasons, including self-isolation, in the week to 2 January 2022 for the acute trusts in Stockport constituency, Greater Manchester and the North West National Health Service region.

Region/NHS trust	COVID-19 absences per Day
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust	215
Greater Manchester:
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust	590
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust	336
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust	215
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust	164
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust	315
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust	1,293
North West	6,426

Source: NHS England and NHS Improvement Urgent and Emergency Care Daily Situation Reports 2021-22 for acute trusts.

Answered by:
Edward Argar (Conservative)
10 January 2022