Question reference: S6W-02791
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 9 September 2021
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 October 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many GP practices there are, and what percentage of these practices currently have (a) musculo-skeletal practitioners, (b) primary care mental health nurses and (c) urgent care practitioners, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
As at 1 July 2021 there were 922 general practices in Scotland.
NHS Board | Number of practices |
Ayrshire & Arran | 54 |
Borders | 23 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 32 |
Fife | 54 |
Forth Valley | 51 |
Grampian | 70 |
Greater Glasgow & Clyde | 234 |
Highland | 96 |
Lanarkshire | 100 |
Lothian | 120 |
Orkney | 7 |
Shetland | 9 |
Tayside | 63 |
Western Isles | 9 |
The Scottish Government does not hold comprehensive information on the numbers of musculo-skeletal practitioners, mental health nurses or urgent care practitioners employed in GP practices.