How many medical laboratory scientific officers (biomedical scientists) are employed by each NHS board, broken down by grade.

Answered Asked by Brian Adam SNP Lodged 5 Jan 2004

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many medical laboratory scientific officers (biomedical scientists) are employed by each NHS board, broken down by grade.

The answer

Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 12 Feb 2004 · 38 days after it was lodged, 24 days after it was due

Centrally held information on medical laboratory scientific officers (MLSOs) does not allow the explicit identification of biomedical scientists. The followingfigures show the most recent available information (as at September 2002) forMLSOs by NHS board and grade.
Table 1a: Headcount of Medical Laboratory Scientific Officers by Grade and NHS Board at 30 Sept 2002 2.

| Grade
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NHS Boards
| Total
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 7
| 8
| Assistant
| Trainee
| Other1

Scotland
| 3,172
| 1077
| 593
| 281
| 151
| 27
| 40
| 9
| 7
| 833
| 151
| 3

Argyll and Clyde
| 209
| 72
| 40
| 17
| 7
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
| 64
| 9
|
-

Ayrshire and Arran
| 168
| 43
| 32
| 12
| 6
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
| 73
| 2
|
-

Borders
| 40
| 17
| 7
| 4
| 1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
| 9
| 2
|
-

Dumfries and Galloway
| 72
| 29
| 17
| 4
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
| 17
| 5
|
-

Fife
| 89
| 39
| 15
| 10
| 3
|
-
|

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