§ Mr. McTaggartTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the establishment level of hospital pharmacists for each health board in Scotland, and the actual number of pharmacists employed in each board area.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe following table gives the information as at 31 December 1987:
Health board Establishment level (Whole time equivalents) Staff in post (Whole time equivalents) Argyll and Clyde 26 25 Ayrshire and Arran 25 24.3 Borders 6 7 Dumfries and Galloway 8.3 7.3 Fife 20 19 Forth Valley 17.3 17.3 Grampian1 35 32 Greater Glasgow 133.9 122.9 Highland 14.8 14.8 Lanarkshire 30.7 28.7 Lothian 83.7 79.7 Tayside 47.3 46.7 Western Isles 2 2 1 Grampian health board provides also hospital pharmaceutical services for Orkney and Shetland health boards.