Question reference: S6W-09858
- Asked by: Dr. Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 19 July 2022 Registered interest
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 August 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-08531 by Humza Yousaf on 24 May 2022, whether the expected 160 full-time equivalent staff will be new or existing staff members of NHS Ayrshire and Arran; if new staff are to be recruited, where are they being recruited from; and whether it will provide a breakdown of the roles of the 160 staff members.
Answer
The Scottish Government is committed to the recruitment of 1,500 additional staff to support the delivery of Scotland’s National Treatment Centre (NTC) Programme, and is supporting a range of activity to achieve this.
This includes support for domestic and international recruitment activity, growth in domestic training pathways for registered medical professionals and new youth employment and apprenticeship opportunities in a variety of non-registered roles, designed to attract individuals who may not have originally viewed NHS Scotland as an employer of choice.
Work is also being undertaken to upskill existing NHS staff through bespoke in-house training programmes delivered via the NHS Scotland Academy, thereby directly supporting career progression and retention for existing staff, and providing access to a variety of new roles that the NTC programme will offer. Through these initiatives we are also supporting boards with backfill arrangements.
Recruitment to specific roles in a given National Treatment Centre is the responsibility of each NHS Board. It is therefore for NHS Ayrshire and Arran to provide details of ongoing recruitment activity relevant to their Centre.