§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland which hospital building programme schemes in Scotland are now in progress or will be instituted; and what are the allocations for 1984–85 and for 1985–86.
§ Mr. John MacKayUnder the centrally financed major programme for Health Service building in Scotland, schemes are currently under construction at:
- Merchiston Hospital, Paisley
- New Paisley District General Hospital
- New Borders District General Hospital, Melrose
- New Fife College of Nursing, Kirkcaldy
- Stirling Royal Infirmary
- Falkirk Royal Infirmary
- New Forth Valley College of Nursing, Falkirk
- Leverndale Hospital, Glasgow
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984* Increase Percentage Increase Medical staff in the hospital and community services 5,426.4 5,441.2 5,436.4 5,545.6 5,583.1 5,592.4 166.0 3.1 General practitioners† 3,190.0 3,256.0 3,345.0 3,392.0 3,460.0 3,541.0 351.0 11.0 Nursing and Midwifery 38,781.2 40,442.7 42,514.3 43,699.6 44,633.6 44,685.2 5,904.0 15.2 Nursing auxiliary/assistant 17,256.0 18,159.8 18,611.2 18,279.6 17,761.9 17,274.6 18.6 0.1 * All 1984 figures are provisional. † Numbers.