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Mr. White
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many doctors there are in Scotland; and how this compares with 1970, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984, respectively.
Mr. John MacKay
The number of doctors (expressed as whole-time equivalents for hospital doctors and including general practitioners as at 30 September in each year) engaged in the National Health Service in Scotland for the years requested are set out in the table. No figure for 1985 is available:
| Number | |
| 1970 | 6594·7 |
| 1975 | 8039·5 |
| 1979 | 8616·4 |
| 1980 | 8697·2 |
| 1981 | 8783·4 |
| 1982 | 8937·6 |
| 1983 | 9043·1 |
| 1984 | 9188·7 |
Notes:
(a) Total for 1970 excludes community service doctors.
(b) Maximum part-time staff are counted 1·0 WTE.
(c) 1984 figure is provisional.