Health Workforce Directorate

What we do

We seek to achieve the best health and care outcomes for people by providing human resources leadership and support for a skilled and sustainable health workforce in Scotland.

We are responsible for:

leadership and talent management
supporting staff wellbeing and working cultures
medical education
workforce planning
pay, terms and conditions
recruitment policy and strategy
Whistleblowing policy – sponsorship of the Independent National Whistleblowing Officer for NHS Scotland
Once for Scotland Workforce Policies
Staff Experience – The National iMatter Continuous Improvement Model
staff Governance Standard monitoring
industrial relations and partnership working
NHSScotland Settlement Agreements