HC Deb 22 February 1991 vol 186 cc310-3W
Mr. Galbraith

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give, as from 1 January, for each health board in Scotland(a) the number of nurses employed as (i) nursing assistants, (ii) enrolled nurses, (iii) staff nurses and (iv) charge nurses and (b) the grades in absolute and percentage terms at which the nurses are employed in each category.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The latest information available centrally for the number of nurses employed at 30 September 1990 for each health board in Scotland, by qualification and grade, is as follows:

Selected nursing staff groups by grade whole time equivalent at September 19901
Whole time equivalent
Scotland CSA Argyll and Clyde Ayrshire and Arran
Selected staff groups Percentage Percentage Percentage Percentage
Auxiliaries 10,816 139 962 629
Scale A 10,333 95.5 115 83.2 939 97.6 563 89.6
Scale B 483 4.5 23 16.8 23 2.4 66 10.4
Scale C 1 00.0 0 00.0 0 00.0 0 00.0
Assistants 5,845 0 543 326
Scale A 5,063 86.6 0 521 95.9 273 83.5
Scale B 780 13.4 0 22 4.1 54 16.5
Scale B 780 13.4 00.0 22 4.1 54 16.5
Scale C 1 00.0 0 0 00.0 0 00.0
Enrolled Nurses 9,389 13 652 440
Grade C 3,009 32.0 13 100.0 231 35.4 167 38.0
Grade D 5,833 62.1 0 00.0 404 61.9 272 61.8
Grade E 547 5.8 0 00.0 18 2.7 1 0.2
Staff Nurses 13,368 3 769 962
Grade D 2,794 20.9 0 00.0 180 23.4 166 17.3
Grade E 9,650 72.2 3 100.0 511 66.4 560 58.2
Grade F 924 6.9 0 00.0 78 10.1 236 24.6
Ward Sisters/Charge Nurses 5,955 —" 4 560 222
Grade F 1,267 21.3 1 18.9 155 27.6 12 5.6
Grade G 4,507 75.7 2 54.1 381 68.1 210 94.4
Grade H 182 3.1 1 27.0 24 4.3 0 00.0
1 Provisional.

Whole time equivalent
Borders Dumfries and Galloway Fife Forth Valley
Selected staff groups Percentage Percentage Percentage Percentage
Auxiliaries 215 346 492 574
Scale A 213 99.1 307 88.9 464 94.3 538 93.7
Scale B 2 0.9 38 11.1 28 5.7 36 6.3
Scale C 0 00.0 0 00.0 0 00.0 0 00.0
Assistants 106 185 359 598
Scale A 92 86.9 180 97.5 205 57.1 512 85.6
Scale B 14 13.1 5 2.5 154 42.9 86 14.4
Scale C 0 00.0 0 00.0 0 00.0 0 00.0
Enrolled Nurses 153 231 700 598
Grade C 72 47.4 57 24.5 225 32.1 132 22.1
Grade D 79 51.5 164 71.0 425 60.7 449 75.1
Grade E 1 0.7 10 4.5 50 7.1 17 2.8
Staff Nurses 236 458 704 767
Grade D 34 14.6 118 25.8 106 15.0 157 20.5
Grade E 182 77.0 270 58.9 583 82.8 598 77.9
Grade F 20 8.5 70 15.3 15 2.2 12 1.6
Ward Sisters/Charge Nurses 130 154 280 320
Grade F 64 49.4 30 19.5 36 12.8 46 14.3
Grade G 65 49.8 116 75.3 241 86.2 255 79.6
Grade H 1 0.8 8 5.2 3 1.0 20 6.1

Whole time equivalent
Grampian Greater Glasgow Highland Lanarkshire
Selected staff groups Percentage Percentage Percentage Percentage
Auxiliaries 1,085 2,660 348 779
Scale A 1,055 97.2 2,535 95.3 345 99.2 754 96.9
Scale B 30 2.8 125 4.7 3 0.8 25 3.1
Scale C 0 00.0 0 00.0 0 00.0 0 00.0
Assistants 532 1,241 201 499
Scale A 487 91.6 1,147 92.4 172 85.4 456 91.3
Scale B 45 8.4 94 7.6 28 14.1 43 8.7

Grampian Greater Glasgow Highland Lanarkshire
Selected staff groups Percentage Percentage Percentage Percentage
Scale C 0 00.0 0 00.0 1 00.5 0 00.0
Enrolled Nurses 1,083 1,810 308 1,082
Scale C 406 37.5 462 25.5 41 13.3 430 39.8
Scale D 616 56.9 1,317 72.8 162 52.6 570 52.7
Scale E 61 5.6 31 1.7 105 34.1 81 7.5
Staff Nurses 1,264 2,977 593 1,086
Scale D 465 36.8 650 21.8 96 16.3 175 16.1
Scale E 717 56.7 2,272 76.3 425 71.6 900 82.8
Scale F 82 6.5 55 1.8 72 12.1 11 1.0
Ward Sisters/Charge Nurses 514 1,562 193 472
Scale F 97 18.9 402 25.7 51 26.1 91 19.2
Scale G 400 77.8 1,110 71.1 141 72.8 374 79.1
Scale H 17 3.3 50 3.2 2 1.0 8 1.7

Whole time equivalent
Lothian Orkneys Shetland Tayside Western Isles
Selected staff groups Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent.
Auxiliaries 1,469 45 46 961 68
Scale A 1,407 95.8 39 86.3 45 97.0 949 98.7 65 95.3
Scale B 62 4.2 6 13.7 1 3.0 12 1.3 3 4.7
Scale C 1 00.0 0 00.0 0 00.0 0 00.0 0 00.0
Assistants 718 0 0 536 0
Scale A 572 79.7 0 0 446 0
Scale B 146 20.3 0 0 90 0
Scale C 0 00.0 0 0 0 0
Enrolled Nurses 1,162 75 51 993 40
Grade C 257 22.1 35 47.2 45 88.6 414 41.6 22 55.7
Grade D 801 68.9 24 32.2 5 9.4 52.8 53.2 18 44.3
Grade E 105 9.0 15 20.5 1 2.0 52 5.2 0 00.0
Staff Nurses 2,101 22 44 1,311 70
Grade D 335 15.9 5 24.1 12 28.4 284 21.7 10 13.6
Grade E 1,609 76.5 5 20.5 19 43.8 940 71.6 57 81.3
Grade F 157 7.5 12 55.4 12 27.8 88 6.7 4 5.1
Ward Sisters/Charge Nurses 890 18 17 595 24
Grade F 149 16.7 1 3.3 0 00.0 133 22.3 2 6.2
Grade G 715 80.4 17 91.3 15 88.5 444 74.6 22 89.7
Grade H 26 2.5 1 5.5 2 11.5 19 3.1 1 4.1

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