§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many staff and practitioners in terms of whole-time equivalents there were in the National Health Service in Scotland at 30 September in each year since 1978.
§ Mr. RifkindThe number of NHS staff expressed as whole-time equivalents and the number of general medical and dental practitioners at 30 September is shown below:
Year NHS Staff (whole-time equivalents) Practitioners (numbers) 1978 114,025.4 4,384 1979 115,983.5 4,425 1980 118,895.9 4,536 1981 122,467.9 4,674 1982 124,010.1 4,760 1983 124,491.3 4,853 1984 123,496.8 4,963 1985 124,122.4 5,062