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Written Question · S3W-37997 · Session 3

How many newly qualified (a) nurses and (b) midwives have applied to its one-year job guarantee scheme in each of the last five years, brok…

Answered Asked by Cathy Jamieson Lab Lodged 1 Dec 2010

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many newly qualified (a) nurses and (b) midwives have applied to its one-year job guarantee scheme in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board area.

The answer

Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 Dec 2010 · 13 days after it was lodged, on time

The total number of newly qualified nurses and midwives who have applied to the One Year Job Guarantee scheme in each of the last five academic years are detailed in the following tables:
Newly Qualified Nurses
Health Board
| 2006-07
| 2007-08
| 2008-09
| 2009-10
| 2010-11
(to-date)

Ayrshire and Arran
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 4

Dumfries and Galloway
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 3

Borders
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 1

Fife
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 12

Forth Valley
| 3
| 6
| 2
| 4
| 9

Greater Glasgow
and Clyde
| 5
| 2
| 9
| 28
| 38

Highland
| 4
| 6
| 10
| 30
| 18

Grampian
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 7

Lanarkshire
| 1
|

In the Official Report

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