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FOI/202100250834 · FOI · unclear

NHS staffing levels 2019 - 2021: FOI release

Published
2021-11-16
Received
2021-10-26
Responded
2021-11-15
Directorate
Health Workforce Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector
Exemptions
None detected

Information requested

Please provide NHS staffing levels for the last three years, not including posts filled by the Army.

Response

The information you have requested is published in NHS Education for Scotland's (NES) latest official quarterly NHS Scotland Workforce report: Overall Staff in Post | Turas Data Intelligence (nhs.scot)

This report profiles the number of staff employed directly by NHS Scotland Health Boards, at quarterly intervals up to June 2021. Non-NHS personnel such as from the military are not included within this data.

Overall whole time equivalent staffing levels at June 2019-2021 is set out here:

June 2019 - 140,327.0

June 2020 - 147,309.9

June 2021 - 152, 597.1

The next quarterly report, for staffing levels at September 2021, will be published by NES in early December 2021.

About FOI

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Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Enquiry Unit Email: ceu@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrews House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG

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