HC Deb 30 March 1993 vol 222 cc148-9W
Mr. Welsh

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the numbers and location of general practitioner community midwife schemes for each health board in Scotland.

Mr. Stewart

This information is not held centrally.

Mr. Welsh

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many community midwives there are in each health board in Scotland.

Mr. Stewart

The information requested is set out in the table.

NHS Community Midwives by Health Board: head count at 30 September 19921
Community midwives Combined duty nurses2
Scotland 298 591
Argyll and Clyde 36 49
Ayrshire and Arran 37 2
Borders — 56
Dumfries and Galloway 6 45
Fife 24 —
Forth Valley 21 14
Grampian 13 85
Greater Glasgow 49 21
Highland 12 148
Lanarkshire 28 29
Lothian 61 2
Orkney — 17
Shetland — 19
Tayside 11 64
Western Isles — 40
1 Data are provisional.
2 Staff who practise more than one profession:
health visitors/district nurses/community midwives,
district nurses/community midwives,
health visitors/community midwives.