How many orthodontic consultants are employed by each NHS board, expressed also per head of population.

Answered Asked by Richard Lochhead SNP Lodged 16 Oct 2003

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many orthodontic consultants are employed by each NHS board, expressed also per head of population.

The answer

Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 12 Nov 2003 · 27 days after it was lodged, on time

The following table shows wholetime equivalent (WTE) and headcount of orthodontic consultants and thepopulation by NHS board area, correct at 30 September 2002. The population estimate is correct at 30 June 2002.
Orthodontic Consultants byNHS Board

| Orthodontic Consultants
| Population
| Rate per 100,000 of population

NHS Board
| Headcount
| WTE
|
| Headcount
| WTE

Argyll and Clyde
| 2
| 2.0
| 418,750
| 0.48
| 0.48

Ayrshire and Arran
| 2
| 2.0
| 367,060
| 0.54
| 0.54

Borders
|
-
|
-
| 107,400
|
-
|
-

Dumfries and Galloway
| 1
| 1.0
| 147,310
| 0.68
| 0.68

Fife
| 1
| 1.0
| 350,620
| 0.29
| 0.29

Forth Valley
| 3
| 2.3
| 279,370
| 1.07
| 0.82

Grampian
| 2
| 2.0
| 523,290
| 0.38
| 0.38

Greater Glasgow
| 6
| 4.5
| 866,080
| 0.69
| 0.52

Highland
| 2
| 2.0
| 208,140
| 0.96
| 0.96

Lanarkshire
| 3
| 3.0
| 552,910
| 0.54
| 0.54

Lothian
| 2
| 2.0
| 779,100
| 0.26
| 0.26

Orkney
|
-
|
-
| 19,210
|
-
|
-

Shetland
|
-
|
-
| 21,940
|
-
|
-

Tayside
| 3
| 1.9
|

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