§ Mr. Bill WalkerTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many nursing and midwifery staff from each of the old grades have been assimilated to each of the new grades in the clinical grading structure in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythHealth boards' returns show that for qualified staff almost half of enrolled nurses have gone to the higher grades available with percentage pay increases ranging from 18.7 to 47.2 per cent.: for staff nurses the proportion going to the higher grades is 78 per cent. with increases from 23.8 to 51.0 per cent. and for hospital sisters almost 60 per cent. will receive pay rises of between 16 and 49.4 per cent. Even on the basic grade, nursing auxiliaries will receive at least 7.6 per cent. Comprehensive details of the numbers of staff assimilated to the new grades are given in the table:
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Previous grade Staff in post (whole-time equivalents) Percentages transferred to each new clinical grade A B C D E F G H I TOTALS 54,699.62 29.4 1.9 10.0 16.2 19.0 6.7 12.6 2.8 1.4