§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many hospital staff were lost from each health board in 1993; and of these totals how many were nurses.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 21 March 1994]: The information requested is not available centrally for all staff groups. The readily available data on qualified nurses joining and leaving each board are shown in the table.
Qualified nurses (excluding those in training): net movement analysis by health board for year beginning 30 September 1992 (Headcount). 1Leavers 2Joiners Scotland 3,631 3,676 Argyll and Clyde 182 180 Ayrshire and Arran 182 179 Borders 61 82 Dumfries and Galloway 97 112 Fife 165 252 Forth Valley 250 223 Grampian 539 347 Greater Glasgow 713 764 Highland 161 131 Lanarkshire 268 223 Lothian 526 744 Orkney 9 17 Shetland 14 15 Tayside 402 324 Western Isles 15 67 State Hospital 47 16 1No longer employed as a qualified hospital nurse by 30 September 1993. 2 Became employed as a qualified hospital nurse by 30 September 1993.