HC Deb 17 July 1995 vol 263 cc911-2W
Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a breakdown by area of the population numbers per health visitor on September 1992 and September 1993 and for the latest date for which information is available; and what is the number of health visitors(a) per person under five and (b) per person over 65 years in each area. [33529]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The information requested is shown in the tables:

Population per Health Visitor1 2; whole-time equivalent at 30 September
1992 1993 1994
Argyll and Clyde 3,054.1 3,109.8 3,223.6
Ayrshire and Arran 4,228.1 4,202.5 4,369.0
Borders 3,717.6 3,527.6 3,490.8
Dumfries and Galloway 4,286.1 4,341.5 4,299.4
Fife 3,104.7 3,172.5 3,149.4
Forth Valley 2,953.0 3,152.5 3,290.9
Grampian 2,630.4 2,728.8 2,810.9
Greater Glasgow 3,007.6 3,102.1 3,332.8
Highland 3,440.3 3,400.7 3,493.5
Lanarkshire 3,529.9 3,469.7 3,673.6
Lothian 3,546.1 3,572.0 3,624.2
Orkney 2,815.7 3,293.3 2,764.2
Shetland 2,369.9 2,739.6 2,288.0
Tayside 3,403.2 3,388.4 3,339.0
Western Isles 3,861.8 3,644.4 3,356.1
1The figures for health visitors probably include some staff without an HV qualification working in this field, possibly in a supporting role.
2The whole-time equivalent of health visitors used to produce the population rates includes staff with combined duties of either or both midwifery and district nursing. For such staff a proportion of their whole-time equivalent has been included. For example, for a HV/DN combined duty nurse the health visiting contribution is assumed to be half.

Health Visitors1 2per 1000 persons aged under 5 years; whole-time equivalent at 30 September
1992 1993 1994
Argyll and Clyde 5.1 5.0 4.9
Ayrshire and Arran 3.7 3.8 3.6
Borders 4.6 4.8 4.9
Dumfries and Galloway 3.9 3.8 3.9
Fife 5.0 5.0 5.1
Forth Valley 5.4 5.1 4.9
Grampian 5.9 5.7 5.5
Greater Glasgow 5.1 5.0 4.7
Highland 4.5 4.6 4.5
Lanarkshire 4.3 4.4 4.2
Lothian 4.5 4.5 4.4
Orkney 5.2 4.6 5.5
Shetland 5.9 5.0 6.0
Tayside 4.8 4.8 4.9
Western Isles 4.2 4.5 5.0
1The figures for health visitors probably include some staff without an HV qualification working in this field, possibly in a supporting role.
2The whole-time equivalent of health visitors used to produce the population rates includes staff with combined duties of either or both midwifery and district nursing. For such staff a proportion of their whole-time equivalent has been included. For example, for a HV/DN combined duty nurse the health visiting contribution is assumed to be half.

Health Visitors1, per 1000 persons aged over 65 years; whole-time equivalent at 30 September
£000
1992 1993 1994
Argyll and Clyde 2.3 2.3 2.2
Ayrshire and Arran 1.6 1.6 1.5
Borders 1.5 1.6 1.6
Dumfries and Galloway 1.4 1.4 1.4
Fife 2.2 2.2 2.2
Forth Valley 2.5 2.3 2.2
Grampian 2.9 2.8 2.7
Greater Glasgow 2.3 2.2 2.1
Highland 2.1 2.1 2.0
Lanarkshire 2.4 2.4 2.3
Lothian 2.0 2.0 2.0
Orkney 2.3 2.1 2.5
Shetland 3.3 2.9 3.5
Tayside 1.8 1.8 1.9
Western Isles 1.5 1.6 1.8
1The figures for health visitors probably include some staff without an HV qualification working in this field, possibly in a supporting role.
2The whole-time equivalent of health visitors used to produce the population rates includes staff with combined duties of either or both midwifery and district nursing. For such staff a proportion of their whole-time equivalent has been included. For example, for a HV/DN combined duty nurse the health visiting contribution is assumed to be half.