§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total number of outstanding regrading appeals by nurses on each of the health board areas.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 24 May 1993]: I understand that virtually no nurse clinical grading appeals submitted under section 32 of the General Whitley Council conditions of service are oustanding at health board level. On 1 May 1993, 478 appeals to the Scottish Appeals Committee were outstanding. On the same date 482 appeals at national level remitted by the Nursing and Midwifery Staffs Negotiating Council to the Scottish Appeal Team secretariat were outstanding; the breakdown of these by health board is given in the table.
Health Board Scottish Appeals Committee Outstanding National Level Appeals Outstanding Total Argyll and Clyde 18 29 47 Ayrshire and Arran 13 40 53 Borders 6 11 17 Dumfries and Galloway 16 9 25 Fife 48 25 73 Forth Valley 94 74 168 Grampian 14 6 20 Greater Glasgow 74 59 133 Highland 9 23 32 Lanarkshire 56 54 110 Lothian 21 54 75 Orkney 2 — 2 Shetland 1 3 4 Tayside 106 75 181 Western Isles — 8 8 CSA — 12 12 State Hospital — — — Total 478 482 960