NHS Board projected staff in post changes for 2019-2020
Workforce projections for 2019-2020, based on staff in post whole time equivalent (WTE).
3. Main Findings - NHSScotland
Main findings for WTE staffing in financial year 2019/20:
- Total staff in post (including Management not in Agenda for Change AfC) is projected to increase by 2,059.8 WTE (up 1.5%).
- Medical staff is projected to increase by 591.3 WTE (up 5.0%).
- Dental staff is projected to increase by 3.3 WTE (up 0.7%).
- Medical and Dental Support staff is projected to increase by 53.6 WTE (up 2.7%).
- Nursing and Midwifery staff is expected to increase by 477.5 WTE (up 0.8%).
- Allied Health Profession staff is projected to increase by 260.7 WTE (up 2.2%).
- Other Therapeutic Services staff is projected to increase by 234.0 WTE (up 5.0%).
- Healthcare Science staff is projected to increase by 25.0 WTE (up 0.4%).
- Personal and Social Care staff is projected to increase by 16.2 WTE (up 1.0%).
- Ambulance Support Services staff is projected to decrease by 46.1 WTE (down 1.8%).
- Support Services staff is projected to increase by 118.8 WTE (up 0.9%).
- Administrative Services staff is projected to increase by 325.4 WTE (up 1.3%).
- A sub-set of Administrative Services is Management (non AfC including non-executive board members) and this staff group is projected to decrease by 1.3 WTE (down 0.3%).
Table 1: NHSScotland projected staff in post (WTE) changes for financial year 2019/2020 by staff group (including interns)
| Board baseline | 2019/2020 projections | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff Group | 31-Mar-19 | 31-Mar-20 | Change | Change % |
| All staff groups | 138,954.6 | 141,014.4 | 2,059.8 | 1.5% |
| Medical1 | 11,799.4 | 12,390.7 | 591.3 | 5.0% |
| Dental | 477.9 | 481.2 | 3.3 | 0.7% |
| Medical and Dental Support | 2,000.6 | 2,054.3 | 53.6 | 2.7% |
| Nursing and Midwifery | 59,637.9 | 60,115.4 | 477.5 | 0.8% |
| Allied Health Profession | 11,822.5 | 12,083.2 | 260.7 | 2.2% |
| Other Therapeutic Services | 4,689.9 | 4,923.9 | 234.0 | 5.0% |
| Healthcare Science2 | 6,128.8 | 6,153.8 | 25.0 | 0.4% |
| Personal and Social Care | 1,587.2 | 1,603.3 | 16.2 | 1.0% |
| Ambulance Support Services3 | 2,603.5 | 2,557.4 | -46.1 | -1.8% |
| Support Services2 | 12,848.6 | 12,967.5 | 118.8 | 0.9% |
| Administrative Services | 25,358.2 | 25,683.6 | 325.4 | 1.3% |
| Management (non AfC)4 | 503.6 | 502.3 | -1.3 | -0.3% |
Source - NHSScotland board data. Projections are estimates and as a result are subject to change.
1. Due to the lead employer model, Doctors in Training placed within one health board but employed by another have been inconsistently recorded. This has resulted in some gaps and double-counting of junior doctors between health boards. The use of these figures should be treated with caution, although baselines and projections use the same criteria and are therefore consistent.
2. Sterile Services, previously under Support Services, are now included in Healthcare Science
3. ISD report this category as emergency services, however it includes a number of non-emergency ambulance staff.
4. Management (non-AfC) is a sub group of administration services. These figures are not comparable to the 25% reduction target in senior management posts. The definition used in the target allows the exclusion of clinically orientated staff from within this group and the inclusion of some AfC administration staff (band 8a & above).
Table 2: NHSScotland projected staff in post (WTE) changes for financial year 2019/2020 by NHS board (including interns)
| Board baseline | 2019/2020 projections | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff Group | 31-Mar-19 | 31-Mar-20 | Change | Change % |
| All staff groups | 138,954.6 | 141,014.4 | 2,059.8 | 1.5% |
| NHS Ayrshire and Arran | 8,872.2 | 8,847.5 | -24.7 | -0.3% |
| NHS Borders | 2,649.0 | 2,582.9 | -66.1 | -2.5% |
| NHS Dumfries and Galloway1 | 3,594.4 | 3,632.5 | 38.1 | 1.1% |
| NHS Fife | 7,356.5 | 7,550.8 | 194.3 | 2.6% |
| NHS Forth Valley1 | 5,382.3 | 5,554.2 | 171.8 | 3.2% |
| NHS Grampian | 12,012.3 | 12,069.3 | 57.0 | 0.5% |
| NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde2 | 33,769.3 | 33,900.3 | 131.0 | 0.4% |
| NHS Highland | 7,714.7 | 7,714.7 | - | - |
| NHS Lanarkshire1 | 10,724.5 | 10,832.6 | 108.1 | 1.0% |
| NHS Lothian | 20,644.0 | 20,847.8 | 203.8 | 1.0% |
| NHS Orkney1 | 525.2 | 553.4 | 28.2 | 5.4% |
| NHS Shetland | 588.9 | 609.1 | 20.2 | 3.4% |
| NHS Tayside1 | 10,790.3 | 10,790.3 | - | - |
| NHS Western Isles1 | 830.0 | 883.2 | 53.2 | 6.4% |
| NHS National Waiting Times Centre (NWTC)1 | 1,612.3 | 1,623.7 | 11.4 | 0.7% |
| NHS State Hospital | 576.0 | 597.3 | 21.2 | 3.7% |
| NHS 24 | 1,080.9 | 1,309.4 | 228.5 | 21.1% |
| NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) | 3,238.2 | 3,438.4 | 200.2 | 6.2% |
| Scottish Ambulance Services (SAS) | 4,672.0 | 4,759.4 | 87.4 | 1.9% |
| NHS Education for Scotland (NES)3 | 1,628.3 | 2,201.1 | 572.8 | 35.2% |
| Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) | 408.6 | 416.5 | 7.9 | 1.9% |
| NHS Health Scotland | 284.5 | 299.9 | 15.4 | 5.4% |
Source - NHSScotland board data. Projections are estimates and as a result are subject to change.
-' = zero
1. Medical excludes Doctors in Training placed within this health board but employed by a lead employer . This is not consistent with national figures published by ISD
2. Medical excludes Doctors in Training employed by this health board, as a lead employer, but placed elsewhere, which is consistent with national figures published by ISD. Medical also excludes Doctors in Training placed in this health board but employed by another lead employer, which is not consistent with national figures published by ISD.
3. Medical includes Doctors in Training employed by this health board, as a lead employer, but placed elsewhere . This is not consistent with national figures published by ISD.
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