HEALTH COMMITTEE PRE-BUDGET SCRUTINY: IPPR SCOTLAND FOLLOW UP NOTE 1. WORKFORCE Staffing numbers • Between 2019 and 2023 (using the June census point, the most recent data available) the overall NHS Scotland workforce grew by 11.3% - from 140,327.05 to 156,215.93 whole-time equivalent (WTE). • Within this overall increase, ‘administrative services’ staffing increased by 16.08%, from 25,448.03 to 29,540.82 – the latter figure equating to 18.9% of the overall workforce as of the June 2023 census point. • However, of this administrative services total, there was a decrease in non-Agenda for Change ‘management grades’ of 9.3% (from 556.40 to 504.80). • In comparison, over the period 2019 to 2022 (the most recently available data), General Practice WTE fell by 3% (from 3,613 to 3,493.90).