Chamber and committees

As at 1 April 2010, the locum rates for doctors in training and specialty doctors are set out in Section 8 of NHS Circular PCS (DD) 2010/4. Rates for locum consultants are set slightly differently. If a locum has never held a substantive NHS consultant post they are paid at the first point of the consultant contract salary scale as set out in Appendix 3 of NHS Circular PCS (DD) 2010/5. However, if they have gained consultant level experience outside the NHS, this is normally taken into account when agreeing their starting salary. Electronic versions of the circulars are available at www.show.scot.nhs.uk.

The pay rates for medical locums in the new national contract are based on NHS Circular PCS (DD) 2009/2 and 3. Electronic versions of the circulars are available at www.show.scot.nhs.uk.

Pay Bands

New Grade	Hourly Pay Range (Min)	Hourly Pay Range (Max)
FY1	£15.84	£20.36
FY2	£19.69	£25.31
ST1	£23.16	£29.78
ST2	£23.16	£29.78
ST3	£25.51	£32.80
Speciality Doctor	£20.91	£20.91
Consultant	£35.82	£48.29

 

Yes.

A breakdown of the amount spent by territorial boards on medical and dental staff for 2008-09 and 2009-10 is shown in the following table:

	Medical and Dental Pay Costs
	2008-09	2009-10
	£000	£000
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	56,575	57,836
NHS Borders	19,710	20,154
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	27,533	28,591
NHS Fife	55,656	52,540
NHS Forth Valley	43,882	45,253
NHS Grampian	122,283	123,591
NHS Greater Glasgow	328,052	329,922
NHS Highland	61,479	61,251
NHS Lanarkshire	91,227	91,941
NHS Lothian	174,524	183,713
NHS Orkney	4,687	5,411
NHS Shetland	4,483	5,956
NHS Tayside	97,538	98,202
NHS Western Isles	5,098	5,034
Unified Boards	1,092,727	1,109,395

Source: Figures taken from the Scottish Financial Return 15 which is an analysis of the gross cost of salaries and wages (i.e. including employer''s share of national insurance and superannuation).

Physical activity levels are measured and published annually via the Scottish Health Survey. We do not routinely measure the cost of physical inactivity.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-34444 on 21 June 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

Physical activity levels are measured and published annually via the Scottish Health Survey. We have no plans to routinely measure the cost of physical inactivity.

Infertility Network Scotland''s interim report will be published shortly on the Maternity Services website www.maternityservices.scot.nhs.uk.

The Family Friendly Policies for NHS Scotland employees are covered in the Supporting Work Life Balance Partnership Information Network (PIN) Policy. This policy can be found at http://www.staffgovernance.scot.nhs.uk/partnership/partnership-information-network/.

This policy framework covers job share policy, career break policy, reduced working year policy, flexible working policy, annualised hours policy, home working policy, phased retiral policy, maternity leave, paternity leave, breastfeeding policy, parental leave policy and adoption and fostering leave policy.

These policies support staff to balance home life with the demands of work by encouraging both the service and its staff to adopt flexible working practices. The ability to work flexibly opens up career opportunities to a greater range of individuals, which in turn leads to development of equality of opportunity.

These policies support the Staff Governance Standard, and their implementation within each health board is monitored through the Staff Governance Self-Assessment Audit Tool, which is completed at a local level by the Area Partnership Forum and Staff Governance Committee, and is then used by the Scottish Government to inform discussions during the annual review process.

The intention to set up the National Infertility Group was first announced during 2009. Scottish Government officials have been in discussion with NHS boards regarding the role of the group and membership. The group met for the first time on 28 April 2010, and further meetings are scheduled for July, September and November 2010.