To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of the number of nursing vacancies in the NHS at the end of August 2007. From analysis of NHS board workforce plans submitted inApril 2006, the number of qualified nursing and midwifery vacancies at the endof August 2007 is expected to range from 593.6 to 766.6 whole-time equivalent,or 1.5% to 2.0% o...