Shortage occupations list 2018: call for evidence - our response for health and social care

Response to the UK Migration Advisory Committee call for evidence on the shortage occupation list summarises skills shortages within health and social care sector in Scotland, and details the contribution of international workers.


Footnotes

1. HM Government (2018), The UK's future skills-based Immigration System https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/766465/The-UKs-future-skills-based-immigration-system-print-ready.pdf

2. Migration Advisory Committee (2018), Call for evidence: Shortage occupation list review https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/769700/sol-call-for-evidence-extended-deadline.pdf

3. EU Professions Database (1997-2017), http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/regprof/index.cfm?action=stat_origin&b_services=false

4. Scottish Government (2018), Delivering for today, investing for tomorrow: the Government's programme for Scotland 2018-2019 https://www.gov.scot/publications/delivering-today-investing-tomorrow-governments-programme-scotland-2018-19/

5. Migration Advisory Committee (2011), Full review of the recommended shortage occupation lists https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/257269/skilled-report.pdf

6. Siddique H (2018), The Guardian, Thousands of UK visa applications by doctors refused. Figures from between 06/11/2017 – 05/04/2018. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jun/12/uk-visa-applications-doctors-thousands-refused-figures-show-nhs

7. HM Government (2018), The UK's future skills-based Immigration System, pg 47 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/766465/The-UKs-future-skills-based-immigration-system-print-ready.pdf

8. The majority of the social services workforce is required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council. The final phase of registration will be complete in 2020, with a condition of registration being the attainment of the appropriate qualification for the role.

9. HM Government (2018), The UK's future skills-based Immigration System, pg 29 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/766465/The-UKs-future-skills-based-immigration-system-print-ready.pdf

10. HM Government (2018), The UK's future skills-based Immigration System, pg 128 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/766465/The-UKs-future-skills-based-immigration-system-print-ready.pdf

11. ibid

12. Ibid at p.131

13. The Scottish Government (2018), The contribution of EEA citizens to Scotland: response to the Migration Advisory Committee call for evidence, p. 43 https://www.gov.scot/publications/contribution-eea-citizens-scotland-scottish-governments-response-migration-advisory-committee-9781788514057/pages/2/

14. HM Government (2018), The UK's future skills-based Immigration System, https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/766465/The-UKs-future-skills-based-immigration-system-print-ready.pdf

15. The Scottish Government (2018), The contribution of EEA citizens to Scotland: response to the Migration Advisory Committee call for evidence, https://www.gov.scot/publications/contribution-eea-citizens-scotland-scottish-governments-response-migration-advisory-committee-9781788514057/pages/2/

16. Watt S (March 2018), WTE staff in NHSScotland by age for four different job families, Source: Scottish Workforce Information Standard System (SWISS)

17. Nursing and Midwifery Council September 2018 https://www.nmc.org.uk/about-us/reports-and-accounts/registration-statistics/

18. ibid

19. Scottish Social Services Council (2019), Staff vacancies in care services 2017 report https://data.sssc.uk.com/data-publications/193-staff-vacancies-in-care-services-2017-report

20. Scottish Government (2018), EU workers in Scotland's social care workforce: contribution assessment https://www.gov.scot/publications/contribution-non-uk-eu-workers-social-care-workforce-scotland/pages/2/

21. Adapted from Scottish Social Services Council (2018) Report on 2017 social service workforce data: https://data.sssc.uk.com/data-publications/22-workforce-data-report/178-scottish-social-service-sector-report-on-2017-workforce-data

22. Scottish Social Services Council (2017), Staff vacancies in care services, (pages 7, 24, 35, 38, 47 & 52) https://data.sssc.uk.com/images/StaffVacancies/Staff-vacancies-in-care-services-2017.pdf

23. ibid

24. The Scottish Government (2018), The Contribution of Non-UK EU Workers in the Social Care Workforce in Scotland https://www2.gov.scot/Resource/0053/00538124.pdf

25. General Medical Council, (February 2018) https://data.gmc-uk.org/gmcdata/home/#/reports/The%20Register/Stats/report

26. ibid

27. British Medical Association News Release (2018), Almost a fifth of EU doctors have made plans to leave UK following Brexit vote https://www.bma.org.uk/news/media-centre/press-releases/2017/november/almost-a-fifth-of-eu-doctors-have-made-plans-to-leave-uk-following-brexit-vote

28. Department of Health (2012), Long Term Conditions Compendium of Information: Third Edition https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/216528/dh_134486.pdf

29. The GP whole time equivalent figures are estimates based on data from the biennial Primary Care Workforce Survey and therefore are indicative.

30. Data from GP Workforce and practice list sizes 2007–2017 and National Primary Care Workforce Survey 2017

31. NHS National Services Scotland (2018), Primary Care Workforce Survey 2017 http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/General-Practice/Publications/2018-03-06/2018-03-06-PCWS2017-Report.pdf

32. Scottish Government (2016), Health and Social Care Delivery Plan http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0051/00511950.pdf

33. Imison, C. et al. (2017), Shifting the balance of care: Great expectations (2017), The Nuffield Trust https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/research/shifting-the-balance-of-care-great-expectations

34. Information Services Division, Data Tables: Workforce https://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Workforce/Publications/data-tables2017.asp? As published in our quarterly statistics on 04 December 2018

35. ibid

36. Information Services Division, Data Tables: Workforce https://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Workforce/Publications/data-tables2017.asp? As published in our quarterly statistics on 04 December 2018

37. Scottish Government (2017), Part 1 - A framework for improving workforce planning across NHS Scotland https://www.gov.scot/publications/national-health-social-care-workforce-plan-part-1-framework-improving/

38. Scottish Government News Release (2018), Supporting the next generation of NHS staff https://www.gov.scot/news/more-support-for-student-nurses-and-midwives/

39. Scottish Government News Release (2018), Supporting the next generation of NHS staff https://www.gov.scot/news/more-support-for-student-nurses-and-midwives/

40. Scottish Government News Release (2018), Expansion of NHS recruitment https://news.gov.scot/news/expansion-of-nhs-recruitment

41. NHS Scotland Shared Services (2018), Scottish Radiology Transformation Programme [e-journal] https://www.sharedservices.scot.nhs.uk/health-portfolio/programmes/radiology/

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