§ Mrs. Bainasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the establishment of nurses, at appropriate defined levels, 281W in the Greater Glasgow health board area; and how this compares with each year since 1976.
1976 1977 1978† Hospital based (whole time equivalents) Administrative … … … … 364 368 355 Teaching … … … … 143 134 141 Midwifery/registered (departmental ward sister and below) 2,948 2,968 2,941 Senior enrolled and enrolled … … … … 1,686 1,643 1,733 Student midwife … … … … 429 378 314 Student … … … … 2,266 2,356 2,163 Pupil … … … … 795 810 858 Nursing auxiliary/assistant … … … … 4,256 3,892 3,899 Nursery nurse … … … … 44 46 64 Total … … … … 12,931 12,595 12,471 Not hospital based (whole time equivalents) Qualified* … … … … 922 902 940 Unqualified … … … … 94 55 73 Total … … … … 1,016 957 1,013 Total All Nursing … … … … 13,947 13,552 13,484 * Includes all nurses not specified as auxiliaries or nursery nurses. †Provisional.