HC Deb 26 July 1988 vol 138 c176W
Mr. Galbraith

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the number of nurses per 10,000 of the population for each health board.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The whole-time equivalent number of qualified nurses per 10,000 population for each health board and for Scotland at 30 September 1987 is set out in the table.

Number
Scotland 69
Argyll and Clyde 55
Ayrshire and Arran 51
Borders 60
Dumfries and Galloway 74
Fife 60
Forth Valley 64
Grampian 67
Greater Glasgow 85
Highland 73
Lanarkshire 58
Lothian 68
Orkney 72
Shetland 66
Tayside 87
Western Isles 67