HC Deb 17 February 1997 vol 290 cc432-3W
Mrs. Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many nurses were employed by each NHS trust in each year from 1994–96; and if he will make a statement. [16016]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The information, which is not yet available centrally for 1996, is set out in the tables:

Nursing staff 1 employed in each NHS trust, in the Scottish health service; by headcount and whole time equivalent: at 30 September 1994
30 September 1994 30 September 1995
Headcount Whole-time Equivalent Headcount Whole-time Equivalent
Aberdeen Royal Hospitals NHS Trust 2,178 1,770.8 2,208 1,789.3
Angus NHS Trust 1,162 960.9 1,143 946.2
Argyll and Bute Unit2 821 670.7 813 657.4
Ayshire and Arran Community Health Care NHS Trust 1,468 1,268.2 1,482 1,273.2
Borders Community Health Services2 699 571.5 719 580.5
Borders General Hospital Acute Unit2 548 446.7 560 457.5
Caithness and Sutherland NHS Trust 356 281.4 386 306.8
Central Scotland Healthcare NHS Trust 2,119 1,858.8 2,002 1,747.1
Dumbarton Unit2 768 579.0 - -
Dumfries and Galloway Acute and Maternity Hospitals NHS Trust 854 672.0 873 687.7
Dumfries and Galloway Community Services Unit2 1,273 1,011.9 1,216 995.0
Dundee Healthcare NHS Trust 1,527 1,357.2 1,528 1,355.7
Dundee Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 1,895 1,521.8 1,900 1,539.7
East and Midlothian NHS Trust 1,464 1,142.5 1,450 1,124.6
Edinburgh Healthcare NHS Trust 2,216 1,822.9 2,333 1,928.3
Edinburgh Sick Children's NHS Trust 404 305.1 463 359.7
Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary NHS Trust 684 546.7 692 557.1
Fife Healthcare NHS Trust 2,055 1,736.0 2,022 1,715.3
Glasgow Dental Hospital and School Unit2 11 10.0 11 10.0
Glasgow Royal Infirmary University NHS Trust 2,116 1,705.8 2,265 1,881.7
Grampian Healthcare NHS Trust 3,322 2,770.3 3,176 2,627.2
Greater Glasgow Care for the Elderly Unit 816 637.8 - -
Greater Glasgow Community and Mental Health Services NHS Trust 3,924 3,468.5 3,714 3,281.5
Hairmyres and Stonehouse Hospital NHS Trust 1,032 815.5 1,040 829.8
Highland Community NHS Trust 1,278 1,080.3 1,260 1,068.9
Inverclyde Royal NHS Trust 581 468.9 598 478.6
Kirkcaldy Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 836 654.2 821 638.5
Lanarkshire Community and Priority Services Unit2 2,364 1,983.4 2,352 1,962.8
Law Hospital NHS Trust 983 787.5 980 796.4
Lomond Healthcare NHS Trust - - 753 568.0
Monklands and Bellshill Hospital NHS Trust 1,083 888.2 1,113 925.6
Moray Health Services NHS Trust 640 522.7 702 574.7
North Ayrshire and Arran NHS Trust 1,405 1,131.5 1,435 1,164.5
Perth and Kinross Healthcare NHS Trust 1,420 1,189.7 1,460 1,236.3
Queen Margaret Hospital NHS Trust 716 606.5 742 634.4
Raigmore Hospital NHS Trust 898 713.7 932 747.9
Renfrewshire Healthcare NHS Trust 1,981 1,658.4 1,972 1,642.0
Royal Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust 905 728.7 911 745.2
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh NHS Trust 2,535 2,125.8 2,453 2,062.1
South Ayrshire Hospitals NHS Trust 817 692.5 758 642.8
Southern General Hospital NHS Trust 1,410 1,168.6 1,641 1,356.0
Stirling Royal Infirmary NHS Trust 720 571.0 746 592.8
Stobhill NHS Trust 1,173 931.8 1,212 974.2
The Victoria Infirmary NHS Trust 1,291 1,033.8 1,404 1,120.5
The Yorkhill NHS Trust 968 805.3 988 821.4
West Glasgow Hospital University NHS Trust 1,530 1,302.7 1,784 1,511.0
West Lothian NHS Trust 1,392 1,160.0 1,427 1,190.2
Western General Hospitals NHS Trust 1,106 873.8 1,136 903.8
Notes
1 Excludes bank and agency nurses, nurse teachers, nurses in training and P2000 students.
2 Directly managed units which became NHS trusts on either 1 April or 1 October 1995.

Source

National Manpower Statistics from payroll ISD Scotland.