More than 30,000 vacancies at the NHS were available in London at the end of June, according to latest figures.

Nationally, about one in 10 full-time equivalent posts in the NHS in England were vacant at the end of June, the highest proportion since current records began in 2018, NHS Digital figures show.

There were 132,139 full-time equivalent (FTE) vacancies across the health service, up sharply from 105,855 at the end of March, according to data from NHS Digital.

London had the highest number of positions available, with roles in the community, mental health and acute having the most number of vacancies.

South-west England had the lowest number of positions available, with 11,034 roles vacant at the end of June.

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Performance figures show the NHS is struggling to cope with rising demand, with the number of patients waiting for routine hospital treatment at an all-time high and A&E and the ambulance service failing to hit key waiting times targets.

Experts have said the staffing crisis is one of the key factors fuelling these issues and have repeatedly called for a long-term workforce plan to tackle the gaps.

Below is the list of NHS positions in England which were available from the end of June.

The list reads, from left to right: workforce sector; number of funded full-time equivalent positions vacant at the end of June 2022; workforce vacancy rate at the end of June 2022 (the proportion of funded full-time equivalent positions vacant).

London

Acute 20,070 (11.9%)

Ambulance 552 (7.0%)

Community 829 (14.8%)

Mental health 7,745 (16.0%)

Specialist 1,311 (9.0%)

Total 30,506 (12.5%)

Eastern England

Acute 8,507 (9.1%)

Ambulance 0 (0%)

Community 517 (7.3%)

Mental health 2,113 (11.1%)

Specialist 319 (14.2%)

Total 11,457 (9.0%)

Midlands

Acute 16,662 (9.8%)

Ambulance 36 (0.3%)

Community 2,219 (10.6%)

Mental health 5,577 (12.7%)

Specialist 732 (8.4%)

Total 25,225 (9.9%)

North-east England & Yorkshire

Acute 12,829 (7.6%)

Ambulance 964 (10.5%)

Community 202 (6.7%)

Mental health 3,508 (9.6%)

Specialist 53 (1.6%)

Total 17,557 (7.9%)

North-west England

Acute 12,697 (8.5%)

Ambulance 404 (5.9%)

Community 223 (7.1%)

Mental health 3,530 (11.1%)

Specialist 967 (7.1%)

Total 17,822 (8.7%)

South-east England

Acute 12,178 (9.3%)

Ambulance 1,139 (12.1%)

Community 1,092 (8.2%)

Mental health 4,095 (13.6%)

Specialist 34 (3.5%)

Total 18,538 (10.0%)

South-west England

Acute 8,024 (7.9%)

Ambulance 164 (3.5%)

Community 489 (11.2%)

Mental health 2,357 (12.8%)

Specialist 0 (0%)

Total 11,034 (8.5%)

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