§ Mr. Reidasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the ratio of general practitioners per 100,000 population in each of the Scottish regional health boards at the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Harry EwingAt 30th September 1976, the latest date for which reliable figures are available, the ratio of general practitioners per 100,000 population in each of the Scottish health board areas was as follows:
Health Board No. of general practitioners per 100,000 population Argyll and Clyde 55.7 Ayrshire and Arran 49.0 Borders 61.0 Dumfries and Galloway 60.6 Fife 48.3 Forth Valley 52.9 Grampian 58.7 Greater Glasgow 55.1 Highland 70.4 Lanarkshire 45.0 Lothian 56.1 Orkney 89.5 Shetland 85.2 Tayside 55.8 Western Isles 74.8 Scotland 54.7
§ Mr. Reidasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the number of consultant medical staff in Scotland in each year since 1965.
§ Mr. Harry EwingThe numbers of doctors in the grade of consultant in Scotland in each year since 1965 were as set out in the table below:
Year No. of consultants in post 1965 1,294 1966 1,338 1967 1,379 1968 1,436 1969 1,455 1970 1,505 1971 1,564 1972 1,603 1973 1,655 1974 1,680 1975 1,721 1976 1,759