Health Service (Consultant Posts) Mr. Moore To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many consultant posts in the Scottish Health Service are unfilled at present; where the unfilled posts are located; and what was the equivalent position 12 months ago.[16169] Mr. Galbraith The information requested is shown in the table.--------------------------------------------------------------- | | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Trust/Health Board | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Aberdeen Royal Hospitals NHS Trust | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Angus NHS Trust | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Argyll and Bute NHS Trust | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Ayrshire and Arran Community Health Care NHS Trust | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Borders Community Health Services NHS Trust | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Borders General Hospital NHS Trust | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Caithness and Sutherland NHS Trust | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Central Scotland Healthcare NHS Trust | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Dumfries and Galloway Acute and Maternity Hospitals NHS Trust| --------------------------------------------------------------- |Dumfries and Galloway Community Health NHS Trust | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Dundee Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Dundee Healthcare NHS Trust | --------------------------------------------------------------- |East and Midlothian NHS Trust | --------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- | | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |Edinburgh Healthcare NHS Trust | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |Edinburgh Sick Children's NHS Trust | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary NHS Trust | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |Fife Healthcare NHS Trust | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |Glasgow Dental Hospital and School NHS Trust | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |Glasgow Royal Infirmary University NHS Trust | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |Grampian Healthcare NHS Trust | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |Greater Glasgow Community and Mental Health Services NHS Trust| ---------------------------------------------------------------- |Hairmyres and Stonehouse Hospitals NHS Trust | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |Highland Communities NHS Trust | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |Inverclyde Royal NHS Trust | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |Kirkcaldy Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |Lanarkshire Healthcare NHS Trust | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |Law Hospital NHS Trust | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |Lomond Healthcare NHS Trust | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |Monklands and Bellshill Hospitals NHS Trust | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |Moray Health Services NHS Trust | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |North Ayrshire and Arran NHS Trust | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |Orkney Health Board Unit | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |Perth and Kinross Healthcare NHS Trust | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |Queen Margaret Hospital NHS Trust | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |Raigmore Hospital NHS Trust | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |Renfrewshire Healthcare NHS Trust | ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------ | | ------------------------------------------------ |Royal Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust | ------------------------------------------------ |Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh NHS Trust | ------------------------------------------------ |Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service | ------------------------------------------------ |Shetland Hospitals and Community Services Unit| ------------------------------------------------ |South Ayrshire Hospitals NHS Trust | ------------------------------------------------ |Southern General Hospital NHS Trust | ------------------------------------------------ |State Hospital | ------------------------------------------------ |Stirling Royal Infirmary NHS Trust | ------------------------------------------------ |Stobhill NHS Trust || ------------------------------------------------ |Victoria Infirmary NHS Trust | ------------------------------------------------ |West Glasgow Hospitals University NHS Trust | ------------------------------------------------ |West Lothian NHS Trust | ------------------------------------------------ |Western General Hospitals NHS Trust | ------------------------------------------------ |Western Isles Health Unit | ------------------------------------------------ |Yorkhill NHS Trust | ------------------------------------------------ |Total | ------------------------------------------------