§ Mr. WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment has been made of the number of job losses in each hospital following the implementation of current Tayside health board acute services review.
§ Mr. StewartFollowing Tayside health board's acute services review the number of job losses at each hospital in each area has been assessed as follows:
(a) Perth and Kinross
About 20 whole time equivalent posts will be lost when services transfer from Bridge of Earn hospital to the new Perth royal infirmary in June 1993. These changes are independent of the board's acute services review.(b) Angus
The exact number of job losses will not be known until the public consultation period is complete and decisions reached.The maximum reductions in whole-time equivalent staff are expected to be:
Number Forfar Infirmary 18.7 Stracathro Hospital 9.2 Arbroath Infirmary 12.6 Total 40.5 (c) Dundee
710WThe impact on jobs is dependent on the extent of development required at Ninewells hospital to replaceThe NHS will press ahead with its challenging programme of market testing in the expectation that this will lead to both improvements in quality of service and financial savings, thereby releasing resources for direct patient care.