§ Mrs. Ray MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many people qualified as physiotherapists in each year since 1990; [28206]
(2) which regions no longer provide funding for clinical education placements for physiotherapists. [28207]
(3) how many placements were available for physiotherapy students for each year since 1990. [28208]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThis information is not held centrally.
§ Mrs. MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many physiotherapists there were in(a) general practices and (b) hospitals, in each health board area, in each of the last two years. [28210]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information available centrally is shown in the tables.
Qualified physiotherapists employed by NHS Trusts in Scotland: by health board area: as at 30 September 1994 11995 Headcount Whole time equivalent Headcount Whole time equivalent Total 1,774 1,427.2 1,865 1,508.9 Argyll and Clyde 118 89.8 127 100.1 Ayrshire and Arran 138 104.3 143 112.7 Borders 44 33.7 42 32.5 Dumfries and Galloway 38 30.7 40 30.9 Fife 121 100.5 119 98.2 Forth Valley 84 69.2 88 75.8 Grampian 170 123.5 183 137.1 Greater Glasgow 374 316.5 378 318.6 Highland 69 58.7 72 58.4 Lanarkshire 144 117.1 162 131.4 Lothian 309 253.1 333 273.0 Orkney 8 5.7 8 5.6 Shetland 8 8.0 9 7.9 Tayside 135 105.8 147 116.1 Western Isles 14 10.6 14 10.6 1 Provisional. 349W
Physiotherapists employed in general medical practices in Scotland; by health board; as at 1 April 1994 1995 Headcount Whole time equivalent Headcount Whole time equivalent Scotland1,2,3 2 0.1 — — — — — — Argyll and Clyde 1 0.1 — — Ayrshire and Arran — — — — Borders — — — — Dumfries and Galloway — — — — Fife — — — — Forth Valley — — — — Grampian — — — —
Physiotherapists employed in general medical practices in Scotland; by health board; as at 1 April 1994 1995 Headcount Whole time equivalent Headcount Wholetime equivalent Greater Glasgow — — — — Highland — — — — Lanarkshire — — — — Lothian — — — — Orkney — — — — Shetland — — — — Tayside 1 0.0 — — Western Isles — — — — 1 1994 data exclude staff in fundholding practices in Fife Health Board. 2 Data for Grampian Health Board are as at the dates shown, with the exception of those staff in 'live' fundholding practices for whom expenditure was met from the Practice Staff Scheme, for whom data are as at the date on which the practice became 'live'. 3 As Lothian Health board was unable to supply data as at 1 April1995, data as at 1 October 1994 have been substituted. — = nil. 0.0 = negligible.
§ Mrs. MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the current number of physiotherapy vacancies. [28209]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonUp-to-date information as requested is not yet available centrally. Information on vacancy levels at 31 March 1996 is being sought from NHS trusts in Scotland.