Question reference: S5W-36185
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 11 March 2021
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 29 April 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government by (a) how many and (b) what percentage the number of (i) NHS staff, (ii) qualified nurses and midwives, (iii) consultants, (iv) CAMHS staff and (v) adult mental health staff has changed since September 2006.
Answer
Health and Social Care Analysis: Workforce, Pay and Resources: As at 31 December 2020:
(i) There were 148,636.7 WTE staff employed by NHS Boards. This is an increase of 21,574.8 WTE (17.0%) from 127,061.9 WTE in September 2006.
(ii) There were 45,896 WTE Qualified Nurses & Midwives (including Interns) employed by NHS Boards. This is an increase of 4,870.5 WTE (11.9%) from 41,026.2 WTE in September 2006.
(iii) There were 5,728.4 WTE Medical & Dental consultants (including director-level consultants) employed by NHS Boards. This is an increase of 2,091.9 WTE (57.5%) from 3,636.5 WTE in September 2006.
(iv) There were 1,069.0 WTE staff working in CAMHS services and employed by NHS Boards. This is an increase of 415.3 WTE (63.5%) from 653.7 WTE in September 2006.
(v) - There were 1,282.1 WTE clinical staff within Psychology Services. This is an increase of 647.7 WTE (102.1%) from 634.4 in September 2006.
- There were 1,157.1 WTE doctors working in Psychiatric specialties. This is an increase of 140.7 (13.8%) from 1,016.4 WTE in September 2006.
- There were 9,615.4 mental health nurses. This is an increase of 2,369.7 WTE (32.7%) from 7,425.8 WTE in September 2007. This information is not available prior to September 2007.
In addition, under Action 15 of the Mental Health Strategy, as at 1 January 2021, an additional 560 WTE mental health workers have been recruited to work in key settings such as Accident and Emergency departments, GP practices, police station custody suites and prisons. 129 mental health workers have also been recruited through the Primary Care Improvement Fund.
Data sources:
The most recently published NHS workforce statistics are available here:
https://turasdata.nes.nhs.scot/workforce-official-statistics/nhsscotland-workforce/publications/02-march-2021/
The most recently published NHS CAMHS workforce statistics are available here:
https://turasdata.nes.nhs.scot/workforce-official-statistics/camhs/publications/02-march-2021/
The most recently published NHS Psychology Services workforce statistics are available here:
https://turasdata.nes.nhs.scot/workforce-official-statistics/psychology/publications/02-march-2021/
Information on the progress of mental health worker recruitment under Action 15 of the Mental Health Strategy 2017-2027 can be found here:
https://www.gov.scot/publications/mental-health-workers-quarterly-performance-reports/.