HC Deb 19 November 1987 vol 122 c629W
Dr. Godman

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the nurse-patient ratio for each year since 1979 in the Argyll and Clyde health board area.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The information requested is not available centrally, but the table shows the average number of whole-time equivalent nurses (including qualified, unqualified and learner nurses) per occupied bed in each year to 31 March:

Number
1979 1.0
1980 1.0
1981 1.1
1982 1.1
1983 1.1
1984 1.1
1985 1.2
1986 1.2
1987 1.3

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