§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will give a breakdown as to how many new doctors, nurses and auxiliary staff have been employed by the National Health Service in Scotland since May 1979, giving separate figures for each region, year by year, to date, indicating the net increase and number for each category since May 1979.
§ Mr. John MacKay[pursuant to his reply, 22 January 1985, c. 388]: Figures for new doctors, nurses and auxiliary staff by region are not held centrally. The whole-time equivalent numbers of staff in post in the Scottish health board areas from 1979 to 1984 are as follows, showing net increases, in numerical and percentage terms, for each category:
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1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984* Change Percentage change General practitioners† 100 105 110 112 114 116 +16 +16.0 Nursing and midwifery 1,124.4 1,161.1 1,241.2 1,277.7 1,311.9 1,308.8 +184.4 +16.4 Nursing auxiliary/assistant 494.2 517.1 510.0 514.3 536.3 507.0 +12.8 +2.6 Fife Medical staff in the hospital and community services 202.3 196.4 201.4 206.3 209.6 217.1 +14.8 +7.3 General practitioners† 188 193 195 196 202 203 +15.0 +8.0 Nursing and midwifery 2,026.0 2,096.7 2,215.4 2,338.6 2,402.8 2,427.0 +401.0 +19.8 Nursing auxiliary/assistant 734.4 768.9 824.3 849.8 851.1 832.1 +97.7 +13.3 Forth Valley Medical staff in the hospital and community services 180.8 177.4 181.6 194.9 195.6 190.1 +9.3 +5.1 General practitioners† 160 169 173 174 181 188 +28 +17.5 Nursing and midwifery 1,820.0 1,922.5 1,942.2 2,015.4 2,117.4 2,138.4 +318.4 +17.5 Nursing auxiliary/assistant 1,073.3 1,115.1 1,154.8 1,155.3 1,136.3 1,096.6 +23.3 +2.2 Grampian Medical staff in the hospital and community services 478.6 486.2 484.2 481.2 474.0 488.7 +10.1 +2.1 General practitioners† 301 300 310 314 322 320 +19 +6.3 Nursing and midwifery 3,675.8 3,787.0 3,972.7 4,036.1 4,129.2 4,178.2 +502.4 +13.7 Nursing auxiliary/assistant 1,369.2 1,453.1 1,580.0 1,572.3 1,537.4 1,555.5 +186.3 +13.6 Greater Glasgow Medical staff in the hospital and community services 1,714.0 1,707.4 1,715.6 1,765.8 1,788.0 1,760.6 +46.6 +2.7 General practitioners† 634 627 641 646 667 684 +50 +7.9 Nursing and midwifery 9,657.8 10,224.1 1,106.9 11,390.1 11,294.9 11,328.8 +1,671.0 +17.3 Nursing auxiliary/assistant 4,441.0 4,753.3 4,811.5 4,466.0 4,154.8 4,060.0 +381.0 +8.6 Highland Medical staff in the hospital and community services 165.8 165.0 172.6 167.8 162.5 162.0 +3.8 +2.3 General practitioners† 157 165 173 177 178 180 +23 +14.6 Nursing and midwifery 1,557.2 1,635.4 1,736.4 1,681.8 1,700.2 1,691.1 +133.9 +8.6 Nursing auxiliary/assistant 553.4 547.2 574.4 562.1 568.6 558.4 +5.0 +0.9 Lanarkshire Medical staff in the hospital and community services 380.0 370.1 371.2 386.3 407.6 419.3 +39.3 +10.3 General practitioners† 276 287 296 295 301 307 +31 +11.2 Nursing and midwifery 3,447.4 3,510.4 3,664.8 3,678.9 3,924.1 3,912.5 +465.1 +13.6 Nursing auxiliary/assistant 1,345.3 1,449.5 1,474.9 1,479.2 1,392.5 1,324.9 -20.4 -1.5 Lothian Medical staff in the hospital and community services 1,027.5 1,061.4 1,041.2 1,074.5 1,076.4 1,076.9 +49.4 +4.8 General practitioners† 496 513 529 540 551 558 +62 +12.5 Nursing and midwifery 6,136.4 6,397.5 6,620.3 6,924.4 7,107.6 7,007.9 +871.5 +14.2 Nursing auxiliary/assistant 2,475.4 2,513.1 2,600.5 2,657.8 2,598.6 2,492.9 +17.5 +0.7 Orkney Medical staff in the hospital and community services 5.1 4.8 4.9 4.7 4.9 4.2 -0.9 -17.6 General practitioners† 22 21 21 21 22 22 — — Nursing and midwifery 115.8 114.1 129.1 141.5 146.8 150.6 +34.8 +30.1 Nursing auxiliary/assistant 43.3 49.7 54.8 50.4 46.9 40.0 -3.3 -7.6 Shetland Medical staff in the hospital and community services 6.0 6.2 7.0 8.0 8.1 9.0 +3.0 +50.0 General practitioners† 17 19 19 18 19 19 +2 +11.8 Nursing and midwifery 125.4 135.1 133.1 138.1 156.6 166.2 +40.8 +32.5
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984* Change Percentage change Nursing auxiliary/assistant 42.5 42.7 48.8 46.3 42.2 42.0 -0.5 -1.2 Tayside Medical staff in the hospital and community services 537.4 538.1 549.2 529.3 520.4 528.2 -9.2 -1.7 General practitioners† 255 255 265 272 266 283 +28 +11.0 Nursing and midwifery 3,780.4 4,004.4 4,167.0 4,289.8 4,198.0 4,268.5 +488.1 +12.9 Nursing auxiliary/assistant 1,715.7 1,900.7 1,856.7 1,794.7 1,735.5 1,692.3 -23.4 -1.4 Western Isles Medical staff in the hospital and community services 11.9 11.9 11.9 11.5 11.5 11.5 -0.4 -3.4 General practitioners† 20 25 25 27 29 31 +11 +55.0 Nursing and midwifery 202.1 203.7 195.8 210.0 211.6 225.6 +23.5 +11.6 Nursing auxiliary/assistant 52.2 59.2 58.8 57.1 52.6 54.5 +2.3 +4.4 * All 1984 figures are provisional. † Numbers. Note:
Staff employed by the Common Services Agency are not included.