§ Mrs. Winifred Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list under regional headings the number of geriatric specialists employed in the State service in each Scottish region indicating in each case the ratio of population to specialist.
§ Mr. William RossThe number of consultant geriatricians in each health board area and the ratio per 1,000 population are as follows:
Health Board Number of consultants Ratio of consultants to 1,000 population Highland 1 1:175 Grampian 4 1:111 Tayside 4 1: 99 Lothian 6 1:125 Fife 2 1:167 Borders 1 1: 99 Greater Glasgow 15 1: 76 Forth Valley 2 1:132 Lanarkshire 4 1:139 Argyll and Clyde 5 1: 91 Ayrshire and Arran 2 1:186 Dumfries and Galloway 2 1: 72 Orkney — — Shetland — — Western Isles — — Scotland 48 1:109