§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the numbers employed within Tayside health board by main staff group; and what are the equivalent figures for 1980.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe information is as follows and relates to whole-time equivalents:
1980 1986 Medical-dental 971 977 Pharmacists-opticians 51 51 Nurses-midwives 5,905 5,966 Scientific-professions supplementary to medicine 389 436 Technical 411 457 Works-tradesmen 350 352 Administration-clerical 1,169 1,219 Ancillary 2,902 2,516