§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many nursing and midwifery students obtained posts in each health board area in each year since 1987; and if he will make a statement regarding the estimated level of such employment, assuming both volume and percentage changes.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 10 November 1992]: The exact information requested is not available centrally. The table, however, gives a broad indication of the underlying trends, assuming that qualification rates stay constant, of the number of final year pre-registration nursing students finding direct employment in the NHS in Scotland within the year of qualifying. Final year students in post at a census date are shown classified by their status one year later. It should he noted that the methods by which this information is collected do not permit account to be taken of certain students, for example those who have been unable to complete their training within the normal three year period; those who, having qualified, may have chosen to have a break in service before seeking employment; those who have found employment as a nurse outwith the NHS; and those who may have qualified, joined the NHS and left within a census period. Those who qualify and work occasionally in the NHS,—for example, bank or agency nurses—also cannot be identified and have therefore been counted with the "not employed" category.
Comparable information on post-registration midwifery students is not available.
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Total final year students Status in following year In post2 Further training2 Not in NHS in Scotland3 Participation rate4 (per cent.) Grampian 143 108 4 31 78.3 Greater'Glasgow 712 522 28 162 77.2 Highland 79 41 10 28 64.6 Lanarkshire 138 101 5 32 76.8 Lothian 418 300 8 110 73.7 Orkney 0 0 0 0 — Shetland 0 0 0 0 — Tayside 194 146 6 42 78.4 Western Isles 0 0 0 0 — 1988 Scotland 2,028 1,460 52 516 74.6 Argyll and Clyde 105 82 2 21 800 Ayrshire and Arran 66 58 0 8 87.9 Borders 26 26 0 0 1000 Dumfries and Galloway 57 37 1 19 66.7 Fife 112 71 1 40 64.3 Forth Valley 98 71 2 75 74.5 Grampian 135 112 2 21 84.4 Greater Glasgow 709 502 16 191 73.1 Highland 92 61 6 25 72.8 Lanarkshire 161 130 5 26 83.9 Lothian 343 216 10 117 65.9 Orkney 0 0 0 0 — Shetland 0 0 0 0 — Tayside 124 94 7 23 81.5 Western Isles 0 0 0 0 — 1989 Scotland 2,174 1,411 54 709 67.4 Argyll and Clyde 107 72 1 34 68.2 Ayrshire and Arran 88 79 2 7 920 Borders 23 17 0 6 73.9 Dumfries and Galloway 58 40 3 15 74.1 Fife 113 64 1 48 57.5 Forth Valley 88 64 3 21 76.1 Grampian 183 132 4 47 74.3 Greater Glasgow 652 401 7 244 62.6 Highland 99 45 12 42 57.6 Lanarkshire 144 93 2 49 66.0 Lothian 381 229 13 139 63.5 Orkney 0 0 0 0 — Shetland 0 0 0 0 — Tayside 238 175 6 57 76.1 Western Isles 0 0 0 0 — 1990 Scotland 2,232 1,412 36 784 64.9 Argyll and Clyde 106 80 1 25 76.4 Ayrshire and Arran 86 77 0 9 89.5 Borders 26 22 0 4 84.6 Dumfries and Galloway 68 53 1 14 79.4 Fife 108 56 1 51 52.8 Forth Valley 131 88 6 37 71.8 Grampian 188 145 5 38 79.8 Greater Glasgow 669 345 9 315 52.9 Highland 88 56 3 29 67.0 Lanarkshire 160 107 1 52 67.5 Lothian 384 220 6 158 58.9 Orkney 0 0 0 0 — Shetland 1 0 0 1 0.0 Tayside 217 163 3 51 76.5 Western Isles 0 0 0 0 — 1 This table excludes those who were still final year students one year later. 2 Includes staff employed in another health board. 3 May include agency or bank nurses and those who fail to qualify. 4 Proportion working in NHS in Scotland or continuing with further training.