§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of physiotherapists in(a) general practitioner practices and (b) hospitals, within each health board area, in each of the last four years.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 27 October 1993]: Information on physiotherapists employed by GP practices
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NHS Staff employed in physiotherapy as at 31 March Health Board 1993 1992 1991 1990 Total Qualified Unqualified Total Qualified Unqualified Total Qualified Unqualified Total Qualified Unqualified Scotland 1,901 1,682 219 1,842 1,636 206 1,735 1,552 183 1,713 1,531 182 Argyll and Clyde 133 115 18 134 115 19 120 106 14 120 107 13 Ayrshire and Arran 1134 1125 9 144 136 8 130 124 6 119 116 3 Borders 47 42 5 44 39 5 39 36 3 38 34 4 Dumfries and Galloway 41 35 6 40 34 6 36 30 6 37 30 7 Fife 134 112 22 129 106 23 118 97 21 113 93 20 Forth Valley 90 79 11 83 71 12 73 64 9 76 66 10 Grampian 169 158 11 160 149 11 150 141 9 149 140 9 Great Glasgow 412 357 55 401 354 47 394 355 39 401 361 40 Highland 79 64 15 77 63 14 74 61 13 73 59 14 Lanarkshire 146 139 7 147 140 7 142 136 6 136 130 6 Lothian 334 297 37 306 274 32 299 263 36 291 257 34 Orkney 9 7 2 8 7 1 7 6 1 6 5 1 is available centrally only from 1 October 1992. Some practices do not classify the categories of staff employed, and from the data available at 1 April 1993 only one physiotherapist can be identified in a GP practice, in the Ayrshire and Arran health board area. Additionally, some physiotherapy services are provided in GP practices by hospital based staff.
The number of phsiotherapists in hospitals, within each health board area, is shown in the table.
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Health Board 1993 1992 1991 1990 Total Qualified Unqualified Total Qualified Unqualified Total Qualified Unqualified Total Qualified Unqualified Shetland 10 8 2 9 7 2 8 6 2 8 6 2 Tayside 145 128 17 142 125 17 132 116 16 131 114 17 Western Isles 18 16 2 18 16 2 13 11 2 15 13 2 1 Excludes one physiotherapist working in a GP practice.