§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the numbers and percentages of general practitioner principals in each health board area who have consented to arrange for deputising service at night and weekends.
§ Mr. John MacKayInformation on the numbers and percentage of general medical practitioners who at 1 October 1983 had obtained Health Board consent to enter into regular or standing arrangements with a deputising service is as follows:
Number of unrestricted principals with consent to use a deputising service Number with consent to use a deputising service as a percentage of all unrestricted principals Argyll and Clyde 60 22 Ayrshire and Arran — — Borders — — Dumfries and Galloway — — Fife — — Forth Valley — — Grampian 11 4 Greater Glasgow 502 81 Highland — — Lanarkshire 102 36 Lothian 85 18 Orkney — — Shetland — — Tayside 65 28