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Health Service Staff

Volume 205: debated on Monday 2 March 1992

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Rev. Martin Smyth

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the increase of staff in health boards since April 1989.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The information requested is not held centrally for the month of April 1989. Between 30 September 1989 and 30 September 1991, however, the whole-time equivalent of all NHS staff in Scotland fell from 120,677.7 to 117,600.8, a decrease of 2.5 per cent. The data for medical, dental and nursing staff at 30 September 1991 are provisional.

Mr. Kennedy

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total number of people employed by the NHS in Scotland on a full-time and part-time basis.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The latest available information held centrally shows that at 30 September 1991 there were 85,600 full-time and 56,465 part-time employees in the NHS in Scotland. The data for medical, dental and nursing staff are provisional.