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Scottish Office

Answer

Mrs. Michie: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many physiotherapists there were in (a) general practices and (b) hospitals, in each health board area, in each of the last two years.[28210] Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The information available centrally is shown in the tables. Qualified physiotherapists employed by NHS Trusts in Scotland: by health board area: as at 30 September _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1994 {1}1995 Headcount Whole time equivalent Headcount Whole time equivalent Total 1,774 1,427.2 1,865 1,508.9 Argyll and Clyde 118 89.8 127 100.1 Ayrshire and Arran 138 104.3 143 112.7 Borders 44 33.7 42 32.5 Dumfries and Galloway 38 30.7 40 30.9 Fife 121 100.5 119 98.2 Forth Valley 84 69.2 88 75.8 Grampian 170 123.5 183 137.1 Greater Glasgow 374 316.5 378 318.6 Highland 69 58.7 72 58.4 Lanarkshire 144 117.1 162 131.4 Lothian 309 253.1 333 273.0 Orkney 8 5.7 8 5.6 Shetland 8 8.0 9 7.9 Tayside 135 105.8 147 116.1 Western Isles 14 10.6 14 10.6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Provisional. Physiotherapists employed in general medical practices in Scotland; by health board; as at 1 April _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1994 1995 Headcount Whole time equivalent Headcount Wholetime equivalent Scotland{1,2,3} 2 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- Argyll and Clyde 1 0.1 -- -- Ayrshire and Arran -- -- -- -- Borders -- -- -- -- Dumfries and Galloway -- -- -- -- Fife -- -- -- -- Forth Valley -- -- -- -- Grampian -- -- -- -- Greater Glasgow -- -- -- -- Highland -- -- -- -- Lanarkshire -- -- -- -- Lothian -- -- -- -- Orkney -- -- -- -- Shetland -- -- -- -- Tayside 1 0.0 -- -- Western Isles -- -- -- -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} 1994 data exclude staff in fundholding practices in Fife Health Board. {2} Data for Grampian Health Board are as at the dates shown, with the exception of those staff in `live' fundholding practices for whom expenditure was met from the Practice Staff Scheme, for whom data are as at the date on which the practice became `live'. {3} As Lothian Health board was unable to supply data as at 1 April 1995, data as at 1 October 1994 have been substituted. -- = nil. 0.0 = negligible.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

28210; 277 c347-8W;277 c348-9W

Session

1995-96

Subjects

Primary care NHS trusts Scotland Physiotherapy

Contains statistics

Yes