HC Deb 20 July 1993 vol 229 cc178-80W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many midwives were employed(a) full time and (b) part time in each health board area in each year since 1988.

Mr. Stewart

[holding answer 15 July 1993]: The information requested is shown in the table.

Mr. Stewart

[holding answer 15 July 1993:] The available information is shown in the table. The number of bank nurses working in midwifery is not held centrally.

education and clinical grades, excluding agency midwives; how many are employed (a) full time and (b) part time; and how many student midwives there are in each area.

Mr. Stewart

[holding answer 15 July 1993:] The available information requested is shown in the table. Midwives or senior nurse or teaching grades cannot be identified by specialty and are therefore not included.

Midwifery staff by health board at 30 September 19921
Total qualified Grade I Grade H Grade G Grade F Grade E Student/ Trainee Mid-wives2
Total W-T P-T Total W-T P-T Total W-T P-T Total W-T P-T Total W-T P-T Total W-T P-T
Scotland 3,984 2,403 1,581 42 40 2 142 135 7 1,307 1,015 292 976 405 571 1,517 808 709 637
Argyll & Clyde 392 198 194 4 4 0 44 42 2 115 85 30 121 30 91 108 37 71 45
Ayrshire & Arran 263 144 119 0 0 0 2 2 0 65 53 12 91 34 57 105 55 50 65
Borders 98 79 19 1 1 0 6 6 0 62 49 13 11 7 4 18 16 2 0
Dumfries & Galloway 148 81 67 0 0 0 5 5 0 51 46 5 22 10 12 70 20 50 25
Fife 203 94 109 6 6 0 1 1 0 55 35 20 64 14 50 77 38 39 37
Forth Valley 219 117 102 2 2 0 7 7 0 64 50 14 34 14 20 112 44 68 49
Grampian 422 240 182 4 4 0 6 4 2 142 109 33 103 42 61 167 81 86 66
Greater Glasgow 687 488 199 12 10 2 8 8 0 198 164 34 93 75 18 376 231 145 81
Highland 312 180 132 2 2 0 37 34 3 136 90 46 78 29 49 59 25 34 25
Lanarkshire 329 186 143 5 5 0 7 7 0 97 74 23 127 42 85 93 58 35 51
Lothian 443 309 134 5 5 0 9 9 0 131 101 30 125 69 56 173 125 48 133
Orkney 25 23 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 19 17 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
Shetland 29 24 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 22 20 2 3 0 3 3 3 0 0
Tayside 356 213 143 1 1 0 6 6 0 109 99 10 84 32 52 156 75 81 60
Western Isles 58 27 31 0 0 0 1 1 0 41 23 18 16 13 13 0 0 0 0

Notes:

1Includes staff working in hospitals and in the community. Community staff includes combined duty staff.

2Student midwife data are as at 31 October 1992; some students are not funded directly by health boards and all are shown by the geographical location of their College.

Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many whole-time equivalent midwives there are at each increment point of each pay scale.

Mr. Stewart

[holding answer 15 July 1993]: The information requested is shown in the table.

Midwives by grade and incremental point: at 30 September 1992
Grade Incremental point WTE
Grades I-E 3, 318.0
Grade I 41.0
4 32.0
3 4.5
2 2.0
1 1.0
0 1.5
Grade H 140.7
4 116.3
3 7.4
2 15.0
1 1.0
0 1.0
Grade G 1, 198.2
5 1.0
4 1, 051.3
3 46.7
2 52.3
1 25.9
0 21.1
Grade F 737.7
5 532.8
4 63.0
3 68.7
2 45.0
1 12.5
0 15.8
Grade E 1, 200.3
4 796.3
3 97.0
2 100.0
1 99.7
0 107.4

Notes:

1. Includes staff working in hospitals and the community and those with combined duties with district nursing and/or health visiting.

2. Data cover clinical grades only. Midwives on senior nurse or teaching grades cannot be identified by specialty and are therefore excluded.

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