HC Deb 02 April 1996 vol 275 c158W
Mr. Bayley

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the whole-time equivalent number of NHS general medical practitioners working in each health board area in Scotland at the latest date for which figures are available. [24383]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The whole-time equivalent number of unrestricted principals in each health board area in Scotland at 1 October 1995 is as follows:

Number
Scotland 3,385.8
Argyll and Clyde 294.8
Ayrshire and Arran 250.0
Borders 76.0
Dumfries and Galloway 114.0
Fife 214.8
Forth Valley 188.8
Grampian 330.8
Greater Glasgow 598.5
Highland 179.8
Lanarkshire 321.5
Lothian 494.3
Orkney 24.0
Shetland 17.0
Tayside 252.0
Western Isles 29.8