§ 23. Mr. DoranTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of nurses in training in each of the Scottish health boards.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythAs the answer is lengthy I will, with permission, circulate the information in theOfficial Report. However, between 1980 and 1991 the number of qualified nurses in the NHS in Scotland rose by 30 per cent. to over 36,400.
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Qualified nurses: Changes in demand and supply Scotland: 1980 to 19911 1980 1991 Percentage change Qualified nurses (WTE) 28,028 36,442 +30 Nurses in training2 12,414 10,005 -19 Basic students1 6,998 7,940 +13 Pupils4 3,287 236 -93 Basic students and pupils 10,285 8,176 -21 Net leaving rate - RGN5 14.0 10.6 -24 Net leaving rate - EN5 14.5 9.9 -32 1These data are derived from the annual 30 September census of NHS staff. Data for 1991 are provisional. 2Includes post registration/enrollment training. 3Excludes post registration students. Note that students become registered nurses when qualified.
4Note that pupils become enrolled nurses when qualified. 5Net rates refer to nurses in post at one annual census who have left by the next (1991 refers to leavers between 30 September 1990 and 30 September 1991; 1980 refers to leavers between 30 September 1980 and 30 September 1981). These rates include only nurses who have left the NHS in Scotland. Interboard transfers are excluded.
Nurses in training in Scotland as at 30 September 1991 (Provisional) Health Board Number of nurses Argyll and Clyde 672 Ayrshire and Arran 459 Borders 168 Dumfries and Galloway 286 Fife 505 Forth Valley 494 Grampian 754 Greater Glasgow 2,712 Highland 347 Lanarkshire 782 Lothian 1,778 Tayside 991 Orkney 17 Shetland 10 Western Isles 30 Scotland 10,005 Between 1980 and 1991 the number of qualified nurses in the national health service in Scotland rose by 30 per cent. to over 36,400.