§ 48. Mr. WatsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what action he intends to take to address the wastage of highly trained staff by Greater Glasgow health board, and to provide employment to the nurses who graduated from Glasgow college in November 1989 and the midwives awarded qualifications by the Eastern college of nursing and midwifery in January.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe number of nurses and midwives completing training in certain areas sometimes exceeds the number of jobs immediately available in the NHS in these areas. This need not imply waste as trained staff are widely required throughout the public and private sectors.
Applicant households under the Homeless Persons Legislation assessed by Local Authorities as homeless or potentially homeless and in priority need which include a person vulnerable because of old age Scotland, by District, 1978–79 to 1988–89 District 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 Scotland 545 572 427 644 519 535 552 697 747 613 681 Borders Berwickshire — — — — — — 1 — 1 1 1 Ettrick and Lauderdale — — — — 4 1 — — — — — Roxburgh — — — — — — 1 2 — — 1 Tweeddale 6 4 5 5 — — — — — 1— 1— Central Clackmannan 11 16 14 14 17 17 14 22 7 11 6 Falkirk 3 1 1 — 1 1 9 32 50 32 28 Stirling 7 6 6 5 21 22 17 2 16 16 12 Dumfries and Galloway Annandale and Eskdale 1 8 4 12 5 10 2 — 5 4 7 Nithsdale 14 9 2 9 5 5 3 6 13 5 17 Stewartry 1 7 4 6 5 8 12 7 7 10 10 Wigtown 5 2 1 — — — — — 3 — 2 Fife Dunfermline 22 8 10 11 16 13 13 14 32 20 15 Kirkcaldy 13 4 4 11 3 6 8 16 14 17 23 North East Fife 4 3 6 6 6 7 13 18 14 20 24 Grampian Aberdeen 21 13 10 19 22 25 31 62 34 39 63 Banff and Buchan — — — — 1 — — 5 2 1 2 Gordon 1 1 4 1 1 2 5 3 3 7 14 Kincardine and Deeside — 2 — 2 — 2 — 1 2 — 2 Moray 5 5 9 9 8 7 11 13 12 4 12 Highland Badenoch and Strathspey — — — — — — — — — — 1 Caithness — 2 — 1 — — — — — — — Inverness 6 12 5 18 13 24 13 9 9 7 7 Lochaber 1 1 1 — 2 — 4 1 2 2 2 Nairn 1 4 2 1 1 — — — 2 — 1 Ross and Cromarty — 1 — 1 — — — — — 1 2 Skye and Lochalsh — 1 1 2 2 4 5 3 3 3 4 Sutherland — — — — — — — — — — — Lothian East Lothian 3 4 4 14 15 13 17 21 32 9 20 Edinburgh 24 30 31 23 26 18 25 32 57 38 52 Midlothian 2 4 1 44 1 2 — — — 6 2 West Lothian 5 6 — 16 3 3 2 4 1 3 3 Strathclyde Argyll and Bute 19 16 7 10 12 11 13 13 16 10 7 Bearsden and Milngavie — — — — — — 1 2 5 5 1 Clydebank 1 — 3 3 5 1 12 11 10 19 18 Clydesdale 9 8 1 3 3 — — 3 4 13 7 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 2 2 7 7 6 — 20 19 10 3 11 Cumnock and Doon Valley — — — 1 2 1 — 1 1 2 1