HC Deb 01 November 1988 vol 139 c613W
Mr. Kirkwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in theOfficial Report by health board area, those maternity units, and neonatal intensive care units, that regularly rely on agency nurses as bank staff to meet normal planned patient requirements in the areas the units serve.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

No health board relies on agency midwives. In the quarter ended 31 March 1988 only 0.4 of a whole-time equivalent agency midwife was engaged in Scotland.

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