§ Mr. MooreTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many vacant NHS posts for hospital medical staff there were in Scotland by health board as at 31 March. [39656]
§ Mr. GalbraithProvisional figures were given to the hon. Member in reply to his written question of 16 December 1997,Official Report, columns 100–01. These figures have now been finalised and are provided in the table.
Hospital medical consultant and staff grade vacancies1; by health board areas: at 30 September 1997 Area Total number Consultant Staff Scotland 161 132 29 Argyll and Clyde 19 14 5 Ayrshire and Arran 15 14 5 Borders 2 2 — Dumfries and Galloway 7 7 — Fife 10 8 2 Forth Valley 5 5 — Grampian 21 15 6 Greater Glasgow 20 14 6 Highland 6 6 — Lanarkshire 27 22 5 Lothian 14 10 4 Orkney — — — Shetland 4 4 — Tayside 7 7 — Western Isles 2 2 — Common Services Agency 2 2 — 1Information on vacant posts is collected centrally for consultant and staff grades only. Source:
From ISD(M)4, ISD Scotland