§ 23. Mr. Corrieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the change in the number of nursing and midwifery staff in the National Health Service in Scotland since May 1979.
§ Mr. YoungerHealth Service staff numbers are collected at 31 March and 30 September each year. Expressed as whole-time equivalents, in March 1979, 55,246 nursing and midwifery staff were employed, and by September 1981 this had risen to a provisional figure of 61,100. This figure includes increases consequent upon the reduction of the working week in 1980–81.