HC Deb 10 December 1984 vol 69 cc350-1W
Dr. Godman

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of (a) hospital doctors, (b) hospital dentists, (c) community doctors and (d) community dentists employed by each of the Scottish health boards at (i) 30 September 1975, (ii) 30 September 1979 and (iii) 30 September 1982.

Mr. John MacKay

The numbers requested, expressed in whole-time equivalent terms, are set out in the table below:

Health Board Total Hospital Community
Doctors Dentists Doctors Dentists
Borders 475 35.5 — 3 9
Dumfries and Galloway 119.4 100.3 1.1 8 10
Fife 212.6 168.8 0.8 24 19
Forth Valley 185.4 148.4 2.0 19 16
Grampian 489.4 421.8 10.6 37 20
Greater Glasgow 1,833.7 1,612.1 73.6 106 42
Highland 197.7 150.1 5.6 19 23
Lanarkshire 295.0 226.9 2.1 36 30
Lothian 1,083.4 910.1 45.3 75 53
Orkney 7.0 3.7 0.3 1 2
Shetland 8.9 4.9 — — 4
Tayside 558.0 463.8 39.2 31 24
Western Isles 20.0 11.0 — 3 6
30 September 1979
Scotland 6,035.3 5,071.8 197.6 448.1 317.9
Argyll and Clyde 347.6 283.4 1.6 38.6 24.0
Ayrshire and Arran 211.9 173.0 3.5 18.8 16.6
Borders 61.0 44.7 — 6.8 9.5
Dumfries and Galloway 124.0 100.9 1.7 10.4 11.0
Fife 233.7 177.6 0.5 32.2 23.4
Forth Valley 205.8 167.6 1.8 18.5 17.9
Grampian 528.5 453.6 7.4 43.7 23.8
Greater Glasgow 1,878.7 1,665.9 75.4 91.8 45.6
Highland 211.1 163.4 6.2 17.4 24.1
Lanarkshire 416.7 348.6 3.2 35.1 29.8
Lothian 1,148.6 9611 50.4 86.9 50.2
Orkney 8.6 4.5 0.1 1.0 3.0
Shetland 11.6 5.6 — 1.0 5.0
Tayside 627.6 511.0 45.8 43.9 26.9
Western Isles 19.9 10.9 — 2.0 7.0
30 September 1982
Scotland 6,253.7 5,256.6 205.3 453.8 338.1
Argyll and Clyde 354.4 294.8 1.5 34.6 23.5
Ayrshire and Arran 242.5 200.6 2.8 21.7 17.4
Borders 59.4 43.5 — 6.8 91
Dumfries and Galloway 129.6 104.3 2.7 10.6 12.0
Fife 241.8 186.2 1.4 30.5 23.7
Forth Valley 224.7 183.2 2.0 16.9 22.6
Grampian 535.5 458.3 7.6 45.1 24.3
Greater Glasgow 1,952.9 1,720.8 84.3 97.6 50.2
Highland 208.4 163.6 5.2 17.6 22.0
Lanarkshire 434.5 356.5 4.2 37.0 36.8
Lothian 1,214.1 1,023.2 52.3 81.8 56.8
Orkney 10.0 4.9 0.1 1.0 4.0
Shetland 12.0 6.0 — 2.0 4.0
Tayside 615.3 499.9 41.1 48.6 25.7
Western Isles 18.7 10.7 — 2.0 6.0

Notes:

  1. (a) Includes Honorary appointments.
  2. (b) Includes General Practitioners holding part-time hospital appointments.
  3. (c) Maximum Part-time staff are counted as 0.9 WTE for 1975 and 1979, and 1.0 WTE for 1982.