How many full-time-equivalent midwives there are and what the ratio of midwives is to the number of births, broken down by (a) NHS board an…

Table 1 shows, by NHS board, the number of whole-time equivalent (WTE) midwives, the number of births in Scottish hospitals, and the ratio of births to midwives. Latest available complete information for births in Scottish hospitals is for year ending 31 March 2007 and, for comparison purposes, midwife numbers at 30 September 2007 have been used. Information on births is based on hospital of treatment (rather than residence) to allow comparison with the workforce figures which capture where staff are based.
Centrally held workforce information captures the NHS board where staff are employed but does not allow a breakdown by Community Health Partnership.
Table 1: Ratio of Midwives (Whole-Time Equivalent) to Births1,2 for 20073 by NHS Board

| BirthsP
| Midwives
| Ratio

Scotland
| 55,389
| 2,796.9
| 19.8

NHS Ayrshire and Arran
| 3,752
| 267.5
| 14.0

NHS Borders
| 1,111
| 57.4
| 19.4

NHS Dumfries and Galloway
| 1,448
| 123.4
| 11.7

NHS Fife
| 3,532
| 165.3
| 21.4

NHS Forth Valley
| 3,226
| 173.5
| 18.6

NHS Grampian
| 5,986
| 340.8
| 17.6

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
| 15,234
| 677.3
| 22.5

NHS Highland
| 2,273
| 178.5
| 12.7

NHS Lanarkshire
|