§ Mr. MooreTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many vacant NHS posts there are currently in Scotland, by health board area, for(a) hospital doctors, (b) general practitioners and (c) nurses; and what these numbers were at the same time in 1996. [21161]
§ Mr. Galbraith[holding answer 16 December 1997]: The information is shown in the table.
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Vacant posts for selected staff groups Headcount: by health board area 1996 1997 Hospital medical staff1 General medical practitioners2 Nurses3,4 Hospital medical staff1 General medical practitioners2 Nurses3,4 Scotland 220 35 6— 161 26 1,217 Argyll and Clyde 28 5 6— 19 2 128 Ayrshire and Arran 10 4 6— 15 4 31 Borders 6 1 6— 2 1 6 Dumfries and Galloway 6 2 6— 7 — 19 Fife 9 — 6— 6 — 20 Forth Valley 16 1 6— 5 1 134 Grampian 30 3 6— 21 3 103 Greater Glasgow 31 6 6— 15 6 316 Highland 13 1 6— 6 4 34 Lanarkshire 37 3 6— 36 — 58 Lothian 24 4 6— 14 3 281 Orkney — 2 6— — — 1 Shetland 1 — 6— 4 — 7 Tayside 6 3 6— 7 1 75 Western Isles 3 — 6— 2 1 5 Common Services Agency — n/a 6— 2 n/a 1 State Hospital n/a n/a 6— n/a n/a 1 1 As at 30 September. Comprises Consultant and Staff grades only. 2 Unrestricted principals as at 1 October. 3 Comprises qualified nurses only. Data are whole time equivalent at 31 March. 4 Excludes some Trusts where ISD(M)36 forms were not returned. 5 Provisional data. For hospital medical staff, excludes data for 3 Trusts where ISD(M)4 forms are still outstanding. 6 not readily available. n/a= not applicable. Source:
ISD(M)4.
ISD(M)36.
General Medical Practitioner Database.
ISD Scotland.