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The latest available information is as follows: New JoinersRe-joiners1995-962,2781,0491996-972,0019501997-981,9911,038These figures include both nurses and midwives.
Peter Peacock and I have met teachers, classroom assistants, school cooks, janitors, special needs support staff, and many new and dynamic probationer teachers in visits across Scotland and in receptions at Bute House and elsewhere.
Lewis has drawn attention to the fact that change is taking place as we speak, so although our time scale is tight, I would hope that the beginning of April would be the latest time at which we would address this matter.