§ Mr. Willie W. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the numbers of staff employed by the National Health Service in Scotland expressed as whole-time equivalents as well as actual full-time and part-time numbers.
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§ Mr. John MacKayThe information requested as at 31 March 1986 is shown in the table below:
NHS Staff and Practitioners—Scotland All Staff March 1986 Numbers Whole-time 97,185 Part-time 53,588 Whole-time equivalent 128,786 Notes:
1. The table includes the number of general practitioners (see also note 3) and excludes agency nurses.
2. Figures quoted for 31 March 1986 include medical and dental staff and general practitioners as at September 1985.
3. Hospital Medical and Dental Staff: the grades limited specialist,
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Average available staffed beds by specialty—September 1979 to 19861 Specialty 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 ALL SPECIALTIES 58,501 58,205 58,030 57,442 57,294 57,216 56,334 55,976 ACUTE SPECIALTIES 18,908 18,851 18,121 18,354 18,164 17,927 17,589 17,408 General surgery 3,873 3,901 3,859 3,780 3,789 3,797 3,715 3,669 Orthopaedic surgery 2,749 2,758 2,756 2,673 2,775 2,780 2,750 2,747 ENT surgery 703 720 725 706 651 674 660 633 Ophthalmology 531 529 535 505 522 536 540 527 Urology 461 456 456 463 463 469 474 485 Orthodontics and paediatric dentistry — — — — — — — — Oral surgery and oral medicine 67 70 70 66 71 81 85 83 Restorative dentistry — — — — — — — — General medicine2 4,824 4,844 4,840 4,839 4,912 4,869 4,897 4,920 Dermatology 326 329 319 311 292 292 283 274 Rehabilitation medicine 93 97 99 123 112 98 98 98 Convalescent 518 466 434 427 379 202 75 75 Respiratory medicine 1,034 1,031 1,009 959 760 706 609 581 Paediatric surgery 332 325 318 311 313 312 303 284 Paediatric medicine 649 627 625 623 614 624 617 606 Gynaecology 1,306 1,318 1,294 1,204 1,201 1,250 1,203 1,181 GP acute 992 987 1,003 996 996 988 1,002 1,003 Acute mixed 306 278 262 253 196 172 188 178 Other3 144 115 117 115 118 77 91 65 SUPRA AREA SPECIALTIES 1,278 1,316 1,313 1,229 1,251 1,319 1,341 1,332 Neurosurgcry 235 241 244 239 231 245 263 265 Cardiothoracic surgery 270 277 281 211 227 240 244 241 Plastic surgery 306 314 308 295 299 293 293 289 Neurology 140 160 162 163 162 165 164 160 Radiotherapy 327 324 318 321 320 324 325 325 Spinal paralysis — — — — 12 52 52 52 OSTETRIC SPECIALTIES 2,750 2,689 2,679 2,644 2,665 2,633 2,563 2,506 Specialist obstetrics 2,226 2,218 2,246 2,210 2,214 2,212 2,192 2,139 GP Obstetrics 524 471 433 434 451 421 371 367 LONG-STAY SPECIALTIES 9,901 10,136 10,360 10,518 10,777 11,094 11,076 11,120 Geriatric assessment 2,395 2,392 2,332 2,272 2,282 2,300 2,403 2,456 Geriatric long-stay 7,147 7,371 7,663 7,874 8,119 8,400 8,287 8,287 Young chronic sick 359 373 365 372 376 394 386 377 PSYCHIATRIC SPECIALTIES 17,358 17,040 16,836 16,646 16,466 16,500 16,307 16,177 Mental illness 14,941 14,127 13,799 13,518 13,232 12,790 12,372 12,186 Psychogeriatrics 2,231 2,742 2,871 2,961 3,061 3,527 3,765 3,830 Child psychiatry 122 107 102 103 102 104 94 85 Adolescent psychiatry 64 64 64 64 71 79 76 76 MENTAL HANDICAP 6,697 6,617 6,612 6,551 6,479 6,255 6,016 5,999 SPECIAL CATEGORIES 1,610 1,556 1,509 1,500 1,494 1,488 1,443 1,433 Communicable diseases 696 630 594 573 554 539 510 505 Special care baby unit 628 626 621 619 608 597 580 575 Intensive therapy unit 132 137 138 151 161 171 166 166 Accident and emergency 154 163 156 157 171 181 187 188 Clinical genetics — — — — — — — — hospital practitioners, para 94 appointment and para 107 appointment are included. Many staff in these grades hold general practice contracts and are therefore double counted (see note 1). The table excludes locums in hospital or general practice.
4. Data include all honorary medical and dental appointments. These are given a standard weighting. Honorary consultants and community grades have a national commitment of 7 sessions or 7/11 WTE. Junior grades are included as 6/10 WTE.
5. Maximum part-time contracts (ie 10 sessions) are counted as 1.0 WTE.
§ Mr. Willie W. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the numbers of available beds in National Health Service hospitals in Scotland for each year since 1979, expressed as totals and by speciality.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe information is set out below:
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- 1 Data refers to March for 1986.
- 2 General medicine includes: Cardiology, Metabolic diseases, Gastroenterology, Poisons, Nephrology, Rheumatology, STD, Medical oncology, Haematology, Homeopathy, TB non-respiratory.
- 3 Other includes: Staff wards and unallocated.
§ Mr. Willie W. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many National Health Service hospitals have been closed in Scotland; and what is the total bed loss as a result of these closures for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe information for complete hospital closures is set out below. It excludes partial hospital closures and hospitals where there has been a change of use, records for which are not held centrally.
Year Number of hospitals Number of beds 1979 7 315 1980 3 103 1981 3 101 1982 3 222 1983 4 173 1984 4 103 1985 3 188 1986 8 828