HC Deb 11 March 1991 vol 187 cc404-7W
Mr. Strang

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many nurses are employed by each of the health boards(a) at each grade and (b) in total.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

[holding answer 7 March 1991]: The latest available information held centrally for the number of nurses employed at 30 September 1990 by each of the health boards at each grade and in total is given in the tables.

Scotland Argyll and Clyde Ayrshire and Arran Borders Dumfries and Galloway Fife Forth Valley Grampian
Grade 4 27 4 2 2 2 1 2 2
Grade 3 103 2 3 2 5 5 4 8
Grade 2 469 27 20 7 14 21 23 45
Grade 1 286 19 13 2 4 17 13 37
Clinical grades 40,905 2,907 2,343 777 1,275 2,376 2,228 4,442
Scale I 445 10 30 11 23 41 33 71
Scale H 1,014 82 44 24 36 58 46 84
Scale G 8,135 656 481 155 233 442 454 731
Scale F 3,516 412 318 121 129 119 104 324
Scale E 137,400 738 750 244 436 826 850 1,092
Scale D 10,298 739 506 131 336 623 557 1,549
Scale C 3,757 270 214 91 82 267 184 591
Number
Greater Glasgow Highland Lanarkshire Lothian Orkney Shetland Tayside Western Isles
Management 111 15 108 98 1 5 49 2
CANO1 1 1 1 1 1
Director of nursing1 14 2 5 8 9 1
Senior nurse 1–6 63 10 25 40 1 3 31
Senior nurse 7–8
Scale I 5 2 11 38 1 1
Scale H 15 1 58 8 6
Scale G 10 8 4 1
Scale F 3
Teachers 243 31 66 165 1 86
Grade 7 2 1 2
Grade 6 2 1
Grade 5 1 1 1 1 1
Grade 4 7 1 3 1
Grade 3 26 11 8 20 9
Grade 2 135 6 42 90 39
Grade 1 70 12 14 49 1 35
Clinical grades 8,690 1,763 3,780 5,716 174 169 3,982 283
Scale I 71 40 15 67 2 26 5
Scale H 265 52 56 128 3 7 125 4
Scale G 1,825 367 715 1,230 43 44 684 75
Scale F 632 212 249 514 26 17 321 18
Scale E 3,047 728 1,315 2,179 22 28 1,381 104
Scale D 2,290 309 892 1,309 38 20 953 46
Scale C 560 55 538 289 40 53 492 31
1 Chief area nursing officers and directors of nursing services may be classified either as nursing staff or administrative staff—those shown in this table are classifed as nursing staff.
Qualified nurses: by status, grade and health board: at 30 September 1990
Whole-time equivalent
Scotland Argyll and Clyde Ayrshire and Arran Borders Dumfries and Galloway Fife Forth Valley Grampian
Management 576.8 96.0 11.5 7.7 9.0 15.0 22.6 30.0
CANO1 8.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Director of nursing 70.0 12.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 6.0
Senior nurse 1–6 232.1 7.0 8.5 0.5 6.0 6.0 12.6 19.0
Senior nurse 7–8 5.0 1.0 1.0 3.0
Scale I 115.5 51.5 2.0 4.0 1.0
Scale H 113.0 23.0 1.0 2.0
Scale G 28.7 1.0 1.2 1.0 4.0
Scale F 4.5 1.0 1.0
Teachers 886.0 52.8 37.0 13.0 25.5 44.5 42.9 91.0
Grade 7 6.0 1.0
Grade 6 6.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Grade 5 8.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Grade 4 27.0 4.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
Grade 3 102.4 2.0 3.0 2.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 8.0
Grade 2 462.0 27.0 19.0 7.0 14.0 21.0 22.9 44.2
Grade 1 274.6 18.8 12.0 2.0 3.5 16.5 13.0 34.8
Clinical grades 347,38.1 2,426.6 2,026.8 660.6 1,056.2 2,055.1 1,851.2 3,453.8
Scale I 444.7 10.0 30.0 11.0 23.0 41.0 33.0 71.0
Scotland Argyll and Clyde Ayrshire and Arran Borders Dumfries and Galloway Fife Forth Valley Grampian
Scale H 1,004.9 79.8 44.0 24.0 36.0 57.9 45.6 83.1
Scale G 7,600.3 605.7 456.9 146.6 218.7 421.4 436.2 682.6
Scale F 2,935.7 323.7 276.4 93.9 107.4 96.5 82.7 244.2
Scale E 11,296.8 592.4 614.7 200.0 333.8 683.8 672.2 882.8
Scale D 84,60.0 583.4 437.7 112.7 280.5 530.6 449.1 1,083.9
Scale C 2,995.7 231.6 167.1 72.4 56.8 223.9 132.4 406.2
Whole time equivalent
Greater Glasgow Highland Lanark-shire Lothian Orkney Shetland Tayside Western Isles
Management 109.6 15.0 107.0 97.5 1.0 5.0 47.9 2.0
CANO1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Director of nursing1 14.0 2.0 5.0 8.0 9.0 1.0
Senior nurse 1–6 63.0 10.0 24.5 40.0 1.0 3.0 31.0
Senior nurse 7–8
Scale I 5.0 2.0 11.0 37.5 1.0 1.0
Scale H 15.0 1.0 57.5 8.0 5.5
Scale G 9.1 8.0 4.0 0.4
Scale F 2.5
Teachers 234.8 30.5 65.4 162.9 1.0 84.7
Grade 7 2.0 1.0 2.0
Grade 6 2.0 1.0
Grade 5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Grade 4 7.0 1.0 3.0 1.0
Grade 3 26.0 11.0 7.4 20.0 9.0
Grade 2 130.8 6.0 42.0 89.3 38.8
Grade 1 66.0 11.5 14.0 47.6 1.0 33.9
Clinical grades 7,629.4 1,474.1 3,191.5 4,987.5 152.0 148.9 3,423.7 200.7
Scale I 70.7 40.0 15.0 67.0 2.0 26.0 5.0
Scale H 263.3 49.3 56.0 127.1 3.0 7.0 124.8 4.0
Scale G 1,688.3 326.3 671.8 1,135.8 41.7 42.4 659.6 66.3
Scale F 563.0 179.9 191.1 440.0 20.8 14.1 289.0 13.0
Scale E 2,618.7 578.8 1,083.3 1,831.2 19.9 23.1 1,099.4 62.7
Scale D 1,962.4 258.8 745.1 1,129.6 29.4 17.1 812.4 27.3
Scale C 463.0 41.0 429.2 256.8 35.2 45.2 412.5 22.4
1 Chief area nursing officers and directors of nursing services may be classified either as nursing staff or administrative staff—those shown in this table are classified as nursing staff.

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