§ Mr. MooreTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many nurses were employed by each of the NHS trusts in Scotland on(a) 1 November, (b) 1 May, (c) 1 November 1996 and (d) 1 May 1996. [20056]
Mr. Gailbraith[holding answer 10 December 1997]: The information available is shown in the table.
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NHSiS workforce: Nurses employed by NHS trusts Headcount: at 30 September 19961,4 Headcount2,3 Aberdeen Royal Hospitals NHS Trust 1,679 Angus NHS Trust 732 Argyll and Bute NHS Trust 523 Ayrshire and Arran Community Health Care NHS Trust 869 Borders Community Health Services NHS Trust 439 Borders General Hospitals NHS Trust 436 Caithness and Sutherland NHS Trust 274 Central Scotland Healthcare NHS trust 1,098 Dumfries and Galloway Acute and Maternity Hospitals NHS Trust 654 Dumfries and Galloway Community Health NHS Trust 709 State Hospital 217 Dundee Healthcare NHS Trust 953 Dundee Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 1,482 East and Midlothian NHS Trust 869 Edinburgh Healthcare NHS Trust 1,392 Edinburgh Sick Children's NHS Trust 348 Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary NHS Trust 469 Fife Healthcare NHS Trust 1,263 Glasgow Dental Hospital and School NHS Trust 10 Glasgow Royal Infirmary University NHS Trust 1,458 Grampian Healthcare NHS Trust 1,942 Greater Glasgow Community and Mental Health Services NHS Trust 2,250 Hairmyres and Stonehouse Hospitals NHS Trusts 656 Highland Communities NHS Trust 836 Inverclyde Royal NHS Trust 440 Kircaldy Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 661 Lanarkshire Healthcare NHS Trust 1,600 Law Hospital NHS Trust 657 Lomond Healthcare Trust 480 Monklands and Bellshill Hospitals NHS Trust 793 Moray Health Services NHS Trust 535 North Ayshire and Arran NHS Trust 1,000 Orkney Health Board4 196 Perth and Kinross Healthcare NHS Trust 976 Queen Margaret Hospital NHS Trust 605 Raigmore Hospital NHS Trust 709 Renfrewshire Healthcare NHS Trust 1,005 Royal Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust 629 Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh NHS Trust 1,784 Shetland Hospitals and Community Services Unit4 180 South Ayrshire Hospitals NHS Trust 552 Southern General Hospital NHS Trust 1,042 Stirling Royal Infirmary NHS Trust 524 Stobhill NHS Trust 580 Victoria Infirmary NHS Trust 774 West Glasgow Hospitals University NHS Trust 1,222 West Lothian NHS Trust 926
NHSiS workforce: Nurses employed by NHS trusts Headcount: at 30 September 19961,4 Headcount2,3 Western General Hospitals NHS Trust 789 Western Isles Health Unit4 306 Yorkhill NHS Trust 786 1 Information for September 1997 will be available by February 1998. 2 The figures include some but not all senior nurses. Some are employed on senior manager grades and are not included here. 3 Excludes nurse teachers, nurses in training and students on 1992 courses in nursing and miswifery. 4 Includes, State Hospital and Island Units. Source:
National Manpower Statistics from payroll, ISD Scotland.