§ Mr. KennedyTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list, by health authority, the number of full-time equivalent district nursing posts and the number of potential elderly domiciliary clients, as defined by the Department of the Environment under section 80 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, for 1976, 1981, 1986 and 1991.
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§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 7 February 1992]: The number (whole-time equivalent) of district nurses in post is given in table 1. This table also shows nurses whose duties were a combination of two or three of the following:
Table 1 District nursing staff: whole time equivalent: by health board: as at September 1976 1981 1986 19912 District Combined Total District Combined Total District Combined Total District Combined Total Nurse1 Duty Nurse Duty Nurse Duty Nurse Duty Scotland 1,209.0 877.0 2,086.0 1,732.4 699.7 2,432.1 1,940.7 647.6 2,588.3 1,712.6 564.8 2,277.4 Argyll and Clyde 86.0 71.0 157.0 153.1 56.8 219.9 175.8 44.4 220.2 167.0 59.9 215.9 Ayrshire and Arran 36.0 72.0 108.0 73.1 63.1 136.2 109.8 21.5 131.3 131.0 1.0 132.0 Borders 9.0 24.0 33.0 17.1 26.5 43.6 13.8 52.9 66.7 6.0 46.9 52.9 Dumfries and Galloway 24.0 49.0 73.0 28.5 44.4 72.9 43.0 38.8 81.8 37.3 42.7 80.0 Fife 81.0 16.0 97.0 140.7 11.0 151.7 162.5 — 162.5 123.0 — 121.0 Forth Valley 45.0 63.0 108.0 48.4 77.7 126.1 87.9 75.8 163.7 126.4 18.6 145.0 Grampian 125.0 96.0 221.0 182.7 83.3 266.0 203.3 77.5 280.8 141.1 77.8 221.9 Greater Glasgow 358.0 22.0 380.0 178.0 4.0 482.0 469.9 — 469.9 384.2 19.6 403.8 Highland 22.0 194.0 216.0 52.9 131.6 184.5 52.1 118.6 180.7 47.6 126.9 176.5 Lanarkshire 133.0 71.0 204.0 163.1 78.0 241.1 233.0 60.0 293.0 195.0 39.1 234.1 Lothian 210.0 38.0 248.0 243.0 12.4 255.4 238.3 18.4 256.7 227.6 1.5 229.1 Orkney 11.0 15.0 26.0 24.5 3.0 27.5 12.5 17.6 30.1 12.1 18.8 30.9 Shetland 6.0 17.0 23.0 4.5 19.0 23.5 5.0 23.5 28.5 7.5 19.1 26.6 Tayside 63.0 77.0 140.0 111.8 48.1 159.9 121.2 57.8 179.0 111.8 59.0 170.8 Western Isles — 52.0 52.0 1.0 40.8 41.8 2.6 40.8 43.4 — 33.9 33.9
Table 2 Estimated home population: age 65 and over; by health board; as at 30 June 1976 1981 1986 11990 Scotland 698,149 726,604 742,568 761,399 Argyll and Clyde 56,873 59,972 61,873 63,278 Ayrshire and Arran 48,452 52,520 54,377 56,818 Borders 17,718 18,755 18,855 19,421 Dumfries and Galloway 20,987 22,877 24,154 25,624 Fife 44,685 48,949 50,413 52,805 Forth Valley 32,992 35,436 37,296 39,317 Grampian 66,016 68,886 69,309 71,723 Greater Glasgow 152,586 146,411 146,652 143,938 Highland 25,175 27,935 28,146 29,676 Lanarkshire 55,873 61,186 65,364 69,049 Lothian 104,046 106,999 109,641 111,433 Orkney 2,933 3,213 3,224 3,229 Shetland 3,040 3,247 3,132 3,117 Tayside 60,818 64,352 64,488 66,360 Western Isles 5,955 5,866 5,644 5,611 1 Latest available estimates.