§ Mr. Harry Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total annual amount now being paid to consultants in hospitals in Scotland under the merit award scheme.
§ Mr. Fairgrieve£4,316,540.
§ Mr. Harry Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many consultants in hospitals in Scotland are currently in receipt of a merit award.
§ Mr. Fairgrieve716.
§ Mr. Harry Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing how many consultants in each health board area are in receipt of a merit award; and what is the amount of each award.
§ Mr. FairgrieveThe table is as follows:
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Number of Hospital Consultants with awards by Health Board A + A B C Total Argyll and Clyde 1 — 4 14 19 Ayreshire and Arran — — 4 20 24 Borders — — — 5 5 Dumfries and Galloway — 1 1 13 15 Fife — — 1 10 11 Forth Valley — 1 3 13 17 Grampian 2 9 16 42 69 Greater Glasgow 7 32 83 146 268 Highland — 2 9 18 29 Lanarkshire — — 7 22 29 Lothian 4 15 44 83 146 Orkney — — — — —
A + A B C Total Shetland — — — 1 1 Tayside 5 9 18 46 78 Western Isles — — — — — Common Services Agency — — 2 3 5 Total 19 69 192 436 716 A+ £17,400 per annum. A £13,340 per annum. B £7,950 per annum. C £3,530 per annum.
§ Mr. Harry Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many merit awards were made to consultants in hospitals in Scotland during 1980; and what was the total amount of these new awards.
§ Mr. FairgrieveAwards are reallocated following deaths and retirals and in 1980 99 consultants in hospitals in Scotland received new or upgraded awards as a result of reallocation. As there were no additional awards for Scotland, no additional cost to the NHS was involved.