Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 18 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many paediatricians work in NHS Scotland, broken down by board.
As at March 2016, there were 918.9 Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) staff working in Paediatrics Specialties in NHS Scotland – a 30.4 per cent increase under this government. This includes a 78.9 per cent increase in paediatric consultants.
Information on the number of WTE medical staff (all grades) working within paediatrics specialties, broken down by NHS Scotland board as at March 2016, is published by Information Services Division Scotland and included in the following table:
|
Scotland |
918.9 |
|
NHS Ayrshire and Arran |
38.3 |
|
NHS Borders |
13.5 |
|
NHS Dumfries and Galloway |
19.6 |
|
NHS Fife |
44.1 |
|
NHS Forth Valley |
38.4 |
|
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde |
314.6 |
|
NHS Grampian |
86.9 |
|
NHS Highland |
25.3 |
|
NHS Lanarkshire |
60.4 |
|
NHS Lothian |
198.9 |
|
NHS Orkney |
- |
|
NHS Shetland |
0.3 |
|
NHS Tayside |
76.9 |
|
NHS Western Isles |
1.0 |
|
NHS Education for Scotland |
0.6 |
|
Source: Scottish Workforce Information Standard System. |
NOTE:
Paediatrics specialties included are: paediatrics, paediatric cardiology, paediatric surgery and paediatric dentistry.