Question reference: S6W-13936
- Date lodged: 16 January 2023
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 30 January 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many psychiatrists undertook specialist training to work with children and young people in (a) 2013 and (b) 2017.
Answer
There were 25 trainee doctors undertaking specialty training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in 2013. In 2017, 23 trainees were in post in the same specialty.