asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the numbers of staff employed by the National Health Service in Scotland expressed as whole-time equivalents as well as actual full-time and part-time numbers.
The information requested as at 31 March 1986 is shown in the table below:
| NHS Staff and Practitioners—Scotland All Staff March 1986 | |
| Numbers | |
| Whole-time | 97,185 |
| Part-time | 53,588 |
| Whole-time equivalent | 128,786 |
Notes:
1. The table includes the number of general practitioners (see also note 3) and excludes agency nurses.
2. Figures quoted for 31 March 1986 include medical and dental staff and general practitioners as at September 1985.
3. Hospital Medical and Dental Staff: the grades limited specialist,
Average available staffed beds by specialty—September 1979 to 19861
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Specialty
| 1979
| 1980
| 1981
| 1982
| 1983
| 1984
| 1985
| 1986
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| ALL SPECIALTIES | 58,501 | 58,205 | 58,030 | 57,442 | 57,294 | 57,216 | 56,334 | 55,976 |
| ACUTE SPECIALTIES | 18,908 | 18,851 | 18,121 | 18,354 | 18,164 | 17,927 | 17,589 | 17,408 |
| General surgery | 3,873 | 3,901 | 3,859 | 3,780 | 3,789 | 3,797 | 3,715 | 3,669 |
| Orthopaedic surgery | 2,749 | 2,758 | 2,756 | 2,673 | 2,775 | 2,780 | 2,750 | 2,747 |
| ENT surgery | 703 | 720 | 725 | 706 | 651 | 674 | 660 | 633 |
| Ophthalmology | 531 | 529 | 535 | 505 | 522 | 536 | 540 | 527 |
| Urology | 461 | 456 | 456 | 463 | 463 | 469 | 474 | 485 |
| Orthodontics and paediatric dentistry | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oral surgery and oral medicine | 67 | 70 | 70 | 66 | 71 | 81 | 85 | 83 |
| Restorative dentistry | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| General medicine2 | 4,824 | 4,844 | 4,840 | 4,839 | 4,912 | 4,869 | 4,897 | 4,920 |
| Dermatology | 326 | 329 | 319 | 311 | 292 | 292 | 283 | 274 |
| Rehabilitation medicine | 93 | 97 | 99 | 123 | 112 | 98 | 98 | 98 |
| Convalescent | 518 | 466 | 434 | 427 | 379 | 202 | 75 | 75 |
| Respiratory medicine | 1,034 | 1,031 | 1,009 | 959 | 760 | 706 | 609 | 581 |
| Paediatric surgery | 332 | 325 | 318 | 311 | 313 | 312 | 303 | 284 |
| Paediatric medicine | 649 | 627 | 625 | 623 | 614 | 624 | 617 | 606 |
| Gynaecology | 1,306 | 1,318 | 1,294 | 1,204 | 1,201 | 1,250 | 1,203 | 1,181 |
| GP acute | 992 | 987 | 1,003 | 996 | 996 | 988 | 1,002 | 1,003 |
| Acute mixed | 306 | 278 | 262 | 253 | 196 | 172 | 188 | 178 |
| Other3 | 144 | 115 | 117 | 115 | 118 | 77 | 91 | 65 |
| SUPRA AREA SPECIALTIES | 1,278 | 1,316 | 1,313 | 1,229 | 1,251 | 1,319 | 1,341 | 1,332 |
| Neurosurgcry | 235 | 241 | 244 | 239 | 231 | 245 | 263 | 265 |
| Cardiothoracic surgery | 270 | 277 | 281 | 211 | 227 | 240 | 244 | 241 |
| Plastic surgery | 306 | 314 | 308 | 295 | 299 | 293 | 293 | 289 |
| Neurology | 140 | 160 | 162 | 163 | 162 | 165 | 164 | 160 |
| Radiotherapy | 327 | 324 | 318 | 321 | 320 | 324 | 325 | 325 |
| Spinal paralysis | — | — | — | — | 12 | 52 | 52 | 52 |
| OSTETRIC SPECIALTIES | 2,750 | 2,689 | 2,679 | 2,644 | 2,665 | 2,633 | 2,563 | 2,506 |
| Specialist obstetrics | 2,226 | 2,218 | 2,246 | 2,210 | 2,214 | 2,212 | 2,192 | 2,139 |
| GP Obstetrics | 524 | 471 | 433 | 434 | 451 | 421 | 371 | 367 |
| LONG-STAY SPECIALTIES | 9,901 | 10,136 | 10,360 | 10,518 | 10,777 | 11,094 | 11,076 | 11,120 |
| Geriatric assessment | 2,395 | 2,392 | 2,332 | 2,272 | 2,282 | 2,300 | 2,403 | 2,456 |
| Geriatric long-stay | 7,147 | 7,371 | 7,663 | 7,874 | 8,119 | 8,400 | 8,287 | 8,287 |
| Young chronic sick | 359 | 373 | 365 | 372 | 376 | 394 | 386 | 377 |
| PSYCHIATRIC SPECIALTIES | 17,358 | 17,040 | 16,836 | 16,646 | 16,466 | 16,500 | 16,307 | 16,177 |
| Mental illness | 14,941 | 14,127 | 13,799 | 13,518 | 13,232 | 12,790 | 12,372 | 12,186 |
| Psychogeriatrics | 2,231 | 2,742 | 2,871 | 2,961 | 3,061 | 3,527 | 3,765 | 3,830 |
| Child psychiatry | 122 | 107 | 102 | 103 | 102 | 104 | 94 | 85 |
| Adolescent psychiatry | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 71 | 79 | 76 | 76 |
| MENTAL HANDICAP | 6,697 | 6,617 | 6,612 | 6,551 | 6,479 | 6,255 | 6,016 | 5,999 |
| SPECIAL CATEGORIES | 1,610 | 1,556 | 1,509 | 1,500 | 1,494 | 1,488 | 1,443 | 1,433 |
| Communicable diseases | 696 | 630 | 594 | 573 | 554 | 539 | 510 | 505 |
| Special care baby unit | 628 | 626 | 621 | 619 | 608 | 597 | 580 | 575 |
| Intensive therapy unit | 132 | 137 | 138 | 151 | 161 | 171 | 166 | 166 |
| Accident and emergency | 154 | 163 | 156 | 157 | 171 | 181 | 187 | 188 |
| Clinical genetics | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
hospital practitioners, para 94 appointment and para 107 appointment are included. Many staff in these grades hold general practice contracts and are therefore double counted (see note 1). The table excludes locums in hospital or general practice.
4. Data include all honorary medical and dental appointments. These are given a standard weighting. Honorary consultants and community grades have a national commitment of 7 sessions or 7/11 WTE. Junior grades are included as 6/10 WTE.
5. Maximum part-time contracts (ie 10 sessions) are counted as 1·0 WTE.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the numbers of available beds in National Health Service hospitals in Scotland for each year since 1979, expressed as totals and by speciality.
The information is set out below:
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many National Health Service hospitals have been closed in Scotland; and what is the total bed loss as a result of these closures for each year since 1979.
The information for complete hospital closures is set out below. It excludes partial hospital closures and hospitals where there has been a change of use, records for which are not held centrally.
| Year | Number of hospitals | Number of beds |
| 1979 | 7 | 315 |
| 1980 | 3 | 103 |
| 1981 | 3 | 101 |
| 1982 | 3 | 222 |
| 1983 | 4 | 173 |
| 1984 | 4 | 103 |
| 1985 | 3 | 188 |
| 1986 | 8 | 828 |