HC Deb 30 October 1985 vol 84 cc543-7W
Mr. Woodall

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the numbers employed by each health board from 1981–82 to 1984–85 and the expected numbers employed in 1985–86 for each of the following categories: (a) medical nursing, (b) paramedical and technical, (c) administrative and clerical, (d) ancillary and (e) other.

TABLE 1
NHS Manpower—Scotland 1981
WTE
Medical and dental Nursing and midwifery Paramedical Technical Admin and clerical Ancillary Others Total
Argyll and Clyde 352.6 4,525.3 226.7 221.9 1,013.5 1,992.1 271.3 8,603.4
Ayrshire and Arran 224.4 2,854.2 166.5 154.6 563.0 1,247.0 210.0 5,419.7
Borders 60.0 939.9 47.4 35.6 137.3 336.0 53.0 1,609.2
Dumfries and Galloway 130.3 1,751.2 89.6 83.5 273.6 689.7 127.1 3,145.0
Fife 238.3 3,039.7 162.1 148.4 528.6 1,343.4 137.0 5,597.5
Forth Valley 209.8 3,097.0 135.8 132.5 482.0 1,316.0 210.3 5,583.4
Grampian 546.8 5,552.7 270.2 176.2 1,141.9 2,354.1 315.1 10,357.0
Greater Glasgow 1,929.7 15,880.5 969.2 1,626.4 3,526.9 7,212.1 1,319.9 32,464.7
Highland 218.1 2,310.8 103.3 140.8 416.5 938.0 148.0 4,275.5
Lanarkshire 418.9 5,139.7 252.9 319.9 915.3 2,263.3 316.6 9,626.6
Lothian 1,175.0 9,220.8 685.8 788.4 2,035.1 3,992.9 623.5 18,521.5
Orkney 9.4 183.9 5.3 5.6 21.7 68.1 3.0 297.0
Shetland 11.0 181.9 12.7 12.0 29.9 68.1 11.1 326.7
Tayside 635.0 6,023.7 357.6 431.5 1,205.7 2,868.2 443.3 1,196.0
Western Isles 18.5 254.6 15.5 12.1 37.2 115.0 25.5 478.4
Scotland* 6,231.3 61,125.5 3,501.6 4,546.8 13,628.8 27,126.2 6,307.7 122,467.9
1982
Medical and dental Nursing and midwifery Paramedical Technical Admin and clerical Ancillary Others Total
Argyll and Clyde 354.4 4,514.2 238.6 219.7 1,036.5 1,977.7 268.2 8,609.3
Ayrshire and Arran 242.5 2,977.3 189.5 166.0 638.6 1,404.2 224.7 5,842.8
Borders 59.4 990.2 48.2 36.3 146.3 338.0 59.0 1,677.1
Dumfries and Galloway 129.6 1,792.0 100.9 83.7 288.8 691.1 124.0 3,210.1
Fife 241.8 3,188.4 186.4 150.5 534.7 1,348.3 142.0 5,792.1
Forth Valley 224.4 3,170.7 142.3 141.9 489.9 1,316.7 218.2 5,704.1
Grampian 535.1 5,608.4 279.6 175.3 1,147.4 2,348.8 309.5 10,404.1
Greater Glasgow 1,953.0 15,856.1 987.1 1,613.2 3,558.8 7,104.9 1,343.4 32,416.5
Highland 208.4 2,243.9 114.5 151.7 425.8 918.7 148.8 4,211.8

Mr. John MacKay

The information requested is usually published as staff in post (by whole-time equivalents) as at 30 September and for the years 1981 to 1984 is shown in table 1 below. No projected figures are held but table 2 shows the provisional figures at 31 March 1985.

Medical and dental Nursing and midwifery Paramedical Technical Admin and clerical Ancillary Others Total
Lanarkshire 434.5 5,158.1 253.6 325.4 922.7 2,266.6 312.6 9,673.5
Lothian 1,212.9 9,582.2 716.0 802.5 2,083.8 4,067.8 643.5 19,108.7
Orkney 10.0 191.9 6.3 6.6 21.7 64.8 3.0 304.3
Shetland 12.0 184.4 12.9 13.4 29.9 68.5 11.2 332.3
Tayside 615.9 6,084.5 371.6 434.5 1,214.5 2,830.9 446.1 11,998.0
Western Isles 18.7 267.1 18.2 12.2 38.0 114.7 24.3 493.2
Scotland* 6,311.7 61,979.2 3,666.7 4,584.1 13,880.4 27,194.0 6,394.5 124,010.6
1983
Medical and Dental Nursing and Midwifery Paramedical Technical Admin and clerical Ancillary Others Total
Argyll and Clyde 362.5 4,574.7 242.9 211.6 1,045.4 1,922.2 268.3 8,627.6
Ayrshire and Arran 253.1 3,281.8 201.8 168.1 646.5 1,416.5 240.7 6,208.5
Borders 57.5 1,005.1 52.1 37.9 156.0 352.6 61.0 1,722.2
Dumfries and Galloway 127.3 1,848.2 106.8 82.8 297.3 681.7 128 3,272.1
Fife 244.9 3,253.9 204.5 147.6 569.2 1,386.8 147.7 5,954.6
Forth Valley 223.8 3,253.7 146.8 147.5 500.4 1,290.2 237.8 5,800.2
Grampian 528.1 5,666.6 289.5 170.9 1,142.1 2,342.5 303.0 10,442.7
Greater Glasgow 1,977.7 15,449.7 1,012.5 1,671.3 3,615.7 6,822.6 1,344.0 31,893.5
Highland 205.5 2,268.8 118.5 149.8 422.7 902.1 155.8 4,223.2
Lanarkshire 457.2 5,316.6 274.3 320.5 945.0 2,249.4 325.6 9,888.6
Lothian 1,210.3 9,706.2 745.8 818.0 2,113.5 3,984.0 659.4 19,237.2
Orkney 8.6 193.7 6.7 6.5 24.7 65.3 4.0 309.5
Shetland 12.1 198.8 15.5 14.4 30.2 77.3 11.2 359.5
Tayside 607.8 5,933.5 384.3 426.9 1,208.5 2,775.5 435.1 11,771.6
Western Isles 20.2 264.2 20.0 14.3 41.2 112.4 24.0 496.3
Scotland 6,350.9 62,395.5 3,823.0 4,643.6 14,088.0 26,716.8 6,473.5 124,491.3
1984
Medical and dental Nursing and midwifery Paramedical Technical Admin and clerical Ancillary Others Total
Argyll and Clyde 342.9 4,548.3 239.5 213.1 1,059.6 1,879.3 257.3 8,540.0
Ayrshire and Arran 264.5 3,162.6 215.1 175.6 637.7 1,355.6 239.8 6,050.9
Borders 57.1 1,024.7 56.9 39.4 163.6 336.7 60.0 1,738.4
Dumfries and Galloway 127.9 1,816.0 105.3 85.0 295.1 667.4 126.0 3,222.7
Fife 246.9 3,261.1 212.4 152.8 576.0 1,372.7 145.2 5,967.1
Forth Valley 219.6 3,235.6 153.6 149.4 510.3 1,245.0 236.8 5,750.3
Grampian 545.0 5,741.7 296.0 174.3 1,131.3 2,264.0 305.9 10,458.2
Greater Glasgow 1,975.2 15,394.8 1,061.7 1,683.6 3,637.9 6,664.5 1,347.4 31,765.1
Highland 206.7 2,256.5 122.6 152.5 429.3 883.7 158.4 4,209.7
Lanarkshire 470.1 5,241.3 287.0 333.7 952.0 2,170.7 326.6 9,781.4
Lothian 1,219.2 9,518.8 740.8 807.1 2,036.4 3,860.5 660.2 18,843.0
Orkney 8.5 190.6 7.3 6.2 24.7 65.6 5.0 307.9
Shetland 12.2 208.2 16.7 15.4 33.3 72.7 11.2 369.7
Tayside 614.6 5,961.8 376.2 425.2 1,188.3 2,648.3 445.1 11,659.5
Western Isles 18.2 281.1 21.5 12.5 43.0 118.8 25.0 520.1
Scotland* 6,387.7 62,027.4 3,913.6 4,699.8 14,052.8 25,934.9 6,480.6 123,496.8
* Staff employed in Common Services Agency included in Scotland total.
Table 2
NHS Manpower—Scotland
WTE
1985 (March)
Medical and dental Nursing and midwifery Paramedical Technical Admin and clerical Ancillary Others Total
Argyll and Clyde 343.1 4,591.7 245.1 220.7 1,080.7 1,851.5 261.3 8,594.1
Ayrshire and Arran 264.5 3,178.6 218.3 179.6 639.3 1,340.8 239.3 6,060.4
Borders 57.1 1,026.0 57.6 40.8 167.2 341.1 61.1 1,750.9
Dumfries and Galloway 127.9 1,847.5 98.6 84.4 323.6 670.8 130.8 3,283.6
Fife 246.9 3,309.8 218.2 152.2 593.4 1,356.3 156.7 6,033.5
Forth Valley 219.6 3,240.1 157.5 153.1 513.4 1,208.5 231.8 5,724.0
Grampian 545.0 5,762.2 297.1 177.9 1,150.0 2,248.6 305.4 10,486.2
Greater Glasgow 1,975.2 15,476.3 1,066.7 1,646.3 3,646.2 6,581.3 1,316.0 31,708.0
Highlands 206.7 2,252.9 117.7 153.5 436.0 885.9 160.5 4,213.2
Lanarkshire 470.1 5,228.6 287.2 373.2 967.4 2,091.0 324.6 9,742.1
Lothian 1,219.2 9,607.9 728.7 806.2 2,060.7 3,835.9 655.9 18,914.5
Orkney 8.5 186.6 8.6 6.2 23.2 64.1 5.0 302.2

Medical and dental Nursing and midwifery Paramedical Technical Admin and clerical Ancillary Others Total
Shetland 12.2 206.5 16.1 15.4 33.7 72.8 11.2 367.9
Tayside 614.6 5,979.7 376.5 433.3 1,200.6 2,607.9 440.6 11,653.2
Western Isles 18.2 282.7 22.8 11.4 43.0 121.7 26.0 525.8
Scotland* 6,387.7 62,357.1 3,917.7 4,729.1 14,243.1 25,616.3 6,467.3 123,718.3
* Staff employed in Common Services Agency included in Scotland total.