HC Deb 13 December 1966 vol 738 c62W
Mr. MacArthur

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many doctors from overseas were serving in general practice and in hospitals, respectively, at the latest convenient date.

Mr. Ross

At 30th September, 1965 there were 545 doctors in Scottish hospital (15.3 per cent. of the total) who had been born overseas. Corresponding information about general practitioners is not readily available, but at the same date 14 principals on the medical lists of Scottish Executive Councils (0.5 per cent. of the total) had foreign or Commonwealth qualifications.