§ Mr. MaxtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the whole time equivalent number of (i) medical staff, (ii) hospital doctors, (iii) general practitioners, (iv) community doctors and (v) nursing and midwifery staff employed in the Scottish health service in each year since 1974, inclusive.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information requested for each year from 1974 to 1989 is contained in editions of Scottish Health Statistics, copies of which are available in the House of Commons Library.
598WFigures for 1990 are shown in the following table:
Staff in post at 30 September 1990, whole-time equivalents Wte Wtu Medical staff 9,918.0 Comprising hospital doctors 5,746.3 Community doctors 428.7 General medical practitioners 13,743.0 General dental practitioners 1,694.0 Nursing and midwifery 63,687.2 1 Provisional, including assistants and trainees.