§ Dr. GodmanTo 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 ForsythThe 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