HC Deb 06 February 1992 vol 203 cc287-9W
Mr. Kennedy

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list, by staff grade and specialty, the number of full-time equivalent medical and nursing posts available to health service hospitals in 1976, 1981, 1986 and 1991.

Table 1
Hospital medical and dental staff: by grade1 and speciality at 30 September 1991 (provisional)
Whole time equivalent
Speciality Total WTE Cons ASSP Staff grade Senior REG REG SHO House OFF
All specialties 5,705.1 2,159.6 151.4 30.8 381.8 977.5 1,395.0 611.0
Surgical specialties 1,362.9 448.5 40.1 2.6 67.8 262.8 256.1 285.0
Cardiothoracic surgery 42.1 16.1 0.0 0.0 1.0 8.0 14.0 3.0
ENT surgery 124.9 49.3 6.0 2.0 7.0 30.6 29.0 1.0
General surgery 603.5 149.0 9.5 0.0 20.8 99.6 92.1 235.5
Neurosurgery 34.4 13.2 0.0 0.0 2.0 7.2 8.0 4.0
Opthalmology 144.6 65.6 10.8 0.6 10.0 30.6 27.0 0.0
Orthopaedics 281.5 102.1 12.8 0.0 17.0 63.6 61.0 25.0
Plastic surgery 39.5 12.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 11.0 9.0 4.5
Surgical Paediatrics 32.9 8.9 0.0 0.0 2.0 5.0 9.0 8.0
Urology 59.5 32.3 1.0 0.0 5.0 11.2 6.0 4.0
Accident and emergency 205.3 21.0 3.0 2.7 6.6 8.0 164.0 0.0
Anaesethics 581.3 295.9 17.5 3.0 43.7 97.0 124.2 0.0
Medical specialties 1,723.1 547.7 21.0 6.2 97.8 266.8 489.6 294.0
Communicable diseases 47.9 17.0 1.3 1.6 2.0 5.0 16.0 5.0
Dermatology 76.4 33.1 3.5 0.6 8.4 13.8 17.0 0.0
Cardiology 45.3 18.9 0.0 0.0 0.6 17.8 8.0 0.0
Clinical pharmacy and therapeutics 13.9 8.3 0.0 0.0 1.8 1.8 2.0 0.0
Endocrin and diabetes 8.7 5.0 0.8 0.0 0.4 1.5 0.0 1.0
Gastro-enterology 19.3 4.6 0.0 0.0 2.0 8.7 2.0 2.0
General medicine 740.7 176.6 1.5 0.0 34.2 88.6 173.8 266.0
Homeopathy 4.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0
Medical oncology 18.1 10.1 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.4 2.0 0.0
Nephrology 28.2 10.6 0.0 1.0 0.0 9.0 7.6 0.0
Rheumatology 26.1 10.9 0.0 0.0 1.5 7.7 3.0 3.0
Genito-urinary medicine 23.0 12.0 2.0 0.0 5.0 3.0 1.0 0.0
Geriatric medicine 221.3 80.8 7.7 1.0 13.2 20.0 95.6 3.0
Medical paediatrics 265.0 73.4 2.0 0.0 13.5 53.5 122.6 0.0
Neurology 34.5 18.5 0.0 0.0 3.0 9.0 4.0 0.0
Palliative medicine 6.0 1.3 0.7 0.0 1.0 0.0 3.0 0.0
Radiotherapy 55.5 28.5 0.0 0.0 3.0 9.0 15.0 0.0
Rehabilitation medicine 16.1 6.6 1.5 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 0.0
Respiratory medicine 73.1 29.5 0.0 1.0 3.6 13.0 12.0 14.0
Dental specialties 184.3 65.1 16.3 2.0 14.4 36.5 18.0 32.0
Oral surgery 71.4 19.6 10.2 0.0 5.2 14.4 15.0 7.0
Oral medicine 9.9 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.4 0.0 1.0
Orthodontics 38.2 29.7 1.0 2.0 3.0 5.0 0.0 4.5
Paediatric dentistry 11.1 2.9 1.5 0.0 0.6 1.6 1.0 3.5
Restorative dentistry 53.7 15.4 3.6 0.0 5.6 11.1 2.0 16.0

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The information is not available in the form requested. Data on the number (whole time equivalent) of hospital doctors and nurses in post in 1976, 1981 and 1986 are, however, contained in the appropriate editions of "Scottish Health Statistics"', copies of which are available in the Library.

Provisional figures for September 1991 are shown in the tables.

1 Scottish health statistics:

  • 1976: tables 9.5 and 9.10-9.14
  • 1981: tables 9.10 and 9.12
  • 1986: tables 9.8 and 9.12

Notes:

  1. 1. Consultants and associate specialists holding maximum part-time contracts are counted as 1.0 WTE (except in 1976 tables).
  2. 2. The standard working week for nurses changed from 40 to 37.5 hours in 1980.

Speciality Total WTE Cons ASSP Staff grade Senior REG REG SHO House OFF
Obstetrics and gynaecology 413.8 123.7 6.1 2.0 22.1 87.9 172.0 0.0
Psychiatric specialties 608.2 268.3 24.5 8.5 50.3 108.1 148.5 0.0
Child and Ad psychiatry 48.6 36.4 0.5 0.0 8.2 3.5 0.0 0.0
Forensic psychiatry 10.9 9.9 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mental handicap 23.6 13.0 5.6 1.0 3.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
General psychiatry 504.3 194.8 17.4 7.5 36.5 103.6 144.5 0.0
Psychotherapy 12.0 8.4 0.0 0.0 1.6 1.0 1.0 0.0
Old age psychiatry 8.8 5.8 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 0.0
Laboratory and support specialties 617.4 380.6 22.9 3.8 78.1 110.4 21.6 0.0
Blood transfusion 27.0 12.2 7.0 1.8 1.0 5.0 0.0 0.0
Clinical chemistry 43.3 25.5 1.8 0.0 9.0 5.0 2.0 0.0
Clinical genetics 12.8 4.2 1.0 0.0 3.2 4.4 0.0 0.0
Haematology 85.8 43.8 5.0 0.0 7.1 20.3 9.6 0.0
Immunology 3.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 0.6 1.0 0.0
Microbiology 66.9 45.2 0.5 2.0 8.6 9.6 1.0 0.0
Nuclear medicine 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Pathology 151.1 95.3 7.3 0.0 20.4 20.1 8.0 0.0
Diagnostic radiology 214.6 147.9 0.3 0.0 22.0 44.4 0.0 0.0
Virology 10.7 4.5 0.0 0.0 5.2 1.0 0.0 0.0
Occupational health 10.8 8.8 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0

1 Includes honorary appointments.

Excludes the grades SHMO, SMDO, Limited Specialist, Hosp Practitioner and Para 94/107 appointments.

Table 2: Hospital nursing staff: by qualification status, grade and field of employment: at 30 September 1991 (provisional)
Whole-time equivalent
Total Administration Acute Midwifery Mental illness Mental handicap Care of elderly Paediatric
All hospital nursing staff 56,196.7 10.0 25,341.3 4,191.6 11,744.8 3,863.9 9,425.4 1,619.7
Qualified 29,879.6 10.0 13,531.4 2,670.6 6,200.4 1,629.7 4,846.6 990.9
Management 132.8 10.0 106.8 1.0 11.0 4.0 0.0 0.0
Director of nursing services 5.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
Senior nurse manager—level 1 23.0 0.0 23.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Senior nurse manager—other 77.8 0.0 77.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Protected grades 25.0 10.0 5.0 0.0 7.0 3.0 0.0 0.0
Other 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Clinical grades 29,746.8 0.0 13,424.6 2,669.6 6,189.4 1,625.7 4,846.6 990.9
Scale I 401.4 0.0 174.5 44.0 88.9 29.0 51.0 14.0
Scale H 507.7 0.0 258.3 59.9 84.7 26.0 58.9 19.9
Scale G 4,058.3 0.0 1,786.5 557.0 785.2 223.4 596.0 110.2
Scale F 2,649.5 0.0 906.9 736.2 453.3 132.3 322.3 98.5
Scale E 11,047.8 0.0 5,289.6 1,168.5 2,138.1 506.3 1,433.5 511.8
Scale D 8,360.7 0.0 3,658.7 49.7 2,203.2 644.1 1,625.9 179.1
Scale C 2,719.4 0.0 1,350.1 54.3 434.0 64.6 759.0 57.4
Other 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
In training 9,899.7 0.0 7,101.7 656.0 1,514.3 390.7 0.0 237.0
Student midwife 656.0 0.0 0.0 656.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Student nurse 9,007.7 0.0 6,867.7 0.0 1,512.3 390.7 0.0 237.0
Pupil nurse 236.0 0.0 234.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Unqualified 16,417.4 0.0 4,708.2 865.0 4,030.1 1,843.5 4,578.8 391.8
Auxiliary nurse C 9.0 0.0 0.0 2.6 4.0 0.0 2.4 0.0
Auxiliary nurse B 921.6 0.0 96.8 7.1 293.0 428.7 71.6 24.4
Auxiliary nurse A 15,252.6 0.0 4,611.4 741.8 3,733.1 1,403.4 4,504.8 258.1
Nursery nurse 234.2 0.0 0.0 113.5 0.0 11.4 0.0 109.3

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