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NHSScotland Workforce Statistics

INTRODUCTION

Workforce related information about all staff working in NHSScotland are available on the website.  This release covers quarterly staff in post figures for consultants.

INTERPRETATION

The tables present figures in both Headcount numbers and Whole Time Equivalents (WTE).  WTEs adjust headcount staff figures to take account of part-time staff.

An employee may hold more than one appointment in NHSScotland. Their appointments may be in more than one NHS organisation, in more than one region, in more than one specialty, or in more than one grade.  This issue must be considered when using tables showing Headcount figures as the employee is counted under each organisation / region / specialty / grade they work in but only once in the total. Tables showing WTE figures are not affected.

DETAILED FINDINGS

Quarterly consultant figures show that at 31st December 2007, NHSScotland employed 3,819.5 whole time equivalent consultants, an increase of 17.8 (0.5%) from 30th September 2007, when the figure was 3,801.7 whole time equivalent.

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MAIN CONTACTS:

Celina Davis
Senior Information Analyst
0131 275 6199
Celina.davis@isd.csa.scot.nhs.uk

Sophie David
Information Analyst
0131 275 6190
Sophie.david@isd.csa.scot.nhs.uk

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PRE-RELEASE ACCESS TO THIS PUBLICATION WAS GIVEN TO:

NHS Board Chief Executives
NHS Board Directors of Human Resources
NHS Board Workforce Planning Contacts

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HISTORY OF THIS PUBLICATION:

Last Published: 29 January 2008
Next Due: 24 June 2008
Data Avaliable Since: Consultant Staff in post - paper publication since 1970's, web publication since 1996