Question reference: S6W-10045
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 27 July 2022
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 25 August 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time equivalent care co-ordinator roles have been created to date in each territorial NHS board area; whether these are new and additional posts, and how many have been filled.
Answer
‘Care co-ordinator’ is a recognised term used in NHS England for staff who coordinate care in Primary Care Networks. These networks bring together GP practices to mutually employ staff. They do not exist in Scotland where GP practices are organised into clusters for peer support and health boards directly employ the wider multidisciplinary team. While the term ‘care coordinator’ is sometimes used in Scotland, it is used generically to describe staff co-ordinating care across more than just primary care settings.
As such, the Scottish Government does not hold information centrally on the numbers of full-time equivalents related to this broad range of posts in each territorial NHS Board area.