HC Deb 25 June 1986 vol 100 c205W
Mr. MacKenzie

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many nurses are in post in each health board area for the nursing of geriatric patients.

Mr. Rifkind

The whole-time equivalent numbers of trained nurses and nursing auxiliaries employed in geriatric hospitals and in long-stay units mainly for geriatric patients at 30 September 1985* are as follows:

Health board Trained nurses (whole-time equivalent) Nursing auxiliaries (whole-time equivalent)
Argyll and Clyde 165.6 278.2
Ayrshire and Arran 181.5 238.6
Borders 58.6 80.8
Dumfries and Galloway 61.1 37.4
Fife 50.6 36.5
Forfh Valley 207.9 299.7
Grampian 239.5 238.6
Greater Glasgow 537.1 666.8
Highland 72.6 66.6
Lanarkshire 296.3 239.0
Lothian 302.3 290.0
Orkney
Shetland
Tayside 270.4 283.8
Western Isles 39.5 13.3
Scotland 2,483.0 2,769.3
* Provisional.

Statistics of nurses in training at these hospitals are not available. Geriatric patients are also nursed in general and geriatric beds in general and teaching hospitals, but the number of nursing staff involved cannot be separately identified.