To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a breakdown by area of the population numbers per health visitor on September 1992 and September 1993 and for the latest date for which information is available; and what is the number of health visitors (a) per person under five and (b) per person over 65 years in each area. [33529]
The information requested is shown in the tables:
| Population per Health Visitor1 2; whole-time equivalent at 30 September | |||
| 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | |
| Argyll and Clyde | 3,054.1 | 3,109.8 | 3,223.6 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 4,228.1 | 4,202.5 | 4,369.0 |
| Borders | 3,717.6 | 3,527.6 | 3,490.8 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 4,286.1 | 4,341.5 | 4,299.4 |
| Fife | 3,104.7 | 3,172.5 | 3,149.4 |
| Forth Valley | 2,953.0 | 3,152.5 | 3,290.9 |
| Grampian | 2,630.4 | 2,728.8 | 2,810.9 |
| Greater Glasgow | 3,007.6 | 3,102.1 | 3,332.8 |
| Highland | 3,440.3 | 3,400.7 | 3,493.5 |
| Lanarkshire | 3,529.9 | 3,469.7 | 3,673.6 |
| Lothian | 3,546.1 | 3,572.0 | 3,624.2 |
| Orkney | 2,815.7 | 3,293.3 | 2,764.2 |
| Shetland | 2,369.9 | 2,739.6 | 2,288.0 |
| Tayside | 3,403.2 | 3,388.4 | 3,339.0 |
| Western Isles | 3,861.8 | 3,644.4 | 3,356.1 |
| 1The figures for health visitors probably include some staff without an HV qualification working in this field, possibly in a supporting role. | |||
| 2The whole-time equivalent of health visitors used to produce the population rates includes staff with combined duties of either or both midwifery and district nursing. For such staff a proportion of their whole-time equivalent has been included. For example, for a HV/DN combined duty nurse the health visiting contribution is assumed to be half. | |||
Health Visitors1 2per 1000 persons aged under 5 years; whole-time equivalent at 30 September
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1992
| 1993
| 1994
| |
| Argyll and Clyde | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.9 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| Borders | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| Fife | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| Forth Valley | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| Grampian | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
| Greater Glasgow | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.7 |
| Highland | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Lanarkshire | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| Lothian | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| Orkney | 5.2 | 4.6 | 5.5 |
| Shetland | 5.9 | 5.0 | 6.0 |
| Tayside | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| Western Isles | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
1The figures for health visitors probably include some staff without an HV qualification working in this field, possibly in a supporting role. | |||
2The whole-time equivalent of health visitors used to produce the population rates includes staff with combined duties of either or both midwifery and district nursing. For such staff a proportion of their whole-time equivalent has been included. For example, for a HV/DN combined duty nurse the health visiting contribution is assumed to be half. | |||
Health Visitors1, per 1000 persons aged over 65 years; whole-time equivalent at 30 September
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£000
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1992
| 1993
| 1994
| |
| Argyll and Clyde | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| Borders | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Fife | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| Forth Valley | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| Grampian | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| Greater Glasgow | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| Highland | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
| Lanarkshire | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| Lothian | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Orkney | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| Shetland | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| Tayside | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| Western Isles | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
1The figures for health visitors probably include some staff without an HV qualification working in this field, possibly in a supporting role. | |||
2The whole-time equivalent of health visitors used to produce the population rates includes staff with combined duties of either or both midwifery and district nursing. For such staff a proportion of their whole-time equivalent has been included. For example, for a HV/DN combined duty nurse the health visiting contribution is assumed to be half. | |||