Whilst this information is not collected centrally, information on joiners can be gauged through annual censuses of the nursing and midwifery workforce, at 30 September, to establish annual flows of staff in and out of NHSScotland.The following table shows the number of registered nurses working in paediatrics who joined NHSScotland between the September 2000 and September 2001 censuses, the September 2001 and September 2002 censuses and the September 2002 and September 2003 censuses.Joiners to NHSScotland - Registered Nurses working in Paediatrics Joiners Joiners between September 2000 and September 2001 163 Joiners between September 2001 and September 2002 191 Joiners between September 2002 and September 2003 223 Source: National Manpower Statistics from Payroll.At 31 March 2004, there were 47.4 whole time equivalent vacancies in paediatrics in NHSScotland. The vacancy rate, expressed...