§ Mrs. Knightasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will publish a table showing the total number of directly employed National Health Service whole-time equivalent staff in Scotland in 1978 and in 1982 in the categories: nurses and midwives, medical and dental staff, ancillary staff and ambulancemen.
§ Mr. MacKayThe information is set out in the following table:
Staff Group 1978 1982* Nurses and Midwives† 54,419.0 61,922.2 Medical and Dental 5,769.1 6,034.0 Ancillary 26,965.0 27,350.4 Ambulancemen 1,512.0 1,675.0 88,665.1 96,981.6 * Provisional. † The 1978 figures are based on a 40-hour working week: the 1982 figures on a 37½ hour week. Staff numbers are the whole-time equivalents at 30 September in each year.