- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether and, if so, for what reason the policy on requiring workforce planning projections from NHS boards was changed.
Answer
There has been no changes in policy and boards were not told that projections would no longer be required.
Boards were advised that the annual projections exercise, which looks at NHS boards future demand for staff for years one, two, three, five and 10 years and helps to inform the annual intake of student nurses and midwives, was under review to see what changes might be made to improve the output of these projections. In addition, while this wider review is being undertaken, boards were asked to provide projections for any expected staff group changes for 2010-11 and to send their draft Workforce Plans to Scottish Government prior to publication. Copies of the Scottish Government''s letter of 9 April 2010 asking for that have been placed in the Scottish Parliament''s Information Centre (Bib. number 50922).
Scottish ministers have been kept informed of this work.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish the workforce planning projection for 2010-11 for the Scottish Ambulance Service, which was to be submitted to it by 30 April 2010.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33644 on 7 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.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish the workforce planning projections for 2010-11 for territorial NHS boards that were submitted to it by 30 April 2010.
Answer
Workforce projections for 2010-11 were published on 3 June 2010.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether NHS boards have been asked, or are preparing, workforce planning projections for 2011-12 and, if so, when these will be made publicly available.
Answer
NHS boards are currently working on their workforce planning projections for 2010-11 and will consider projections for 2011-12 in due course.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many posts will be removed from each NHS board as set out in the workforce planning projections for 2011-12, broken down by (a) medical consultants, (b) medical others, (c) dental, (d) nursing and midwifery, (e) allied health professions, (f) other therapeutic staff, (g) healthcare science staff, (h) administrative and clerical staff, (i) facilities staff and (j) management.
Answer
We are not aware of any workforce planning projections by NHS boards for 2011-12.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many posts will be removed from each NHS board as set out in the workforce planning projections for 2010-11, broken down by (a) medical consultants, (b) medical others, (c) dental, (d) nursing and midwifery, (e) allied health professions, (f) other therapeutic staff, (g) healthcare science staff, (h) administrative and clerical staff, (i) facilities staff and (j) management.
Answer
As workforce projections are work in progress, informed by ongoing discussions about efficiency and service delivery improvements, there are no definitive figures available yet. NHS boards are in the process of developing their future workforce profiles in discussion with staff side representatives and have made clear there will be no compulsory redundancies.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS boards have a policy on disability leave.
Answer
All NHS boards are expected to comply with the statutory requirements in respect of disabled people.
NHS24 is the only NHS board which has a specific policy in respect of leave for disabled employees. NHS24 are piloting this policy and will provide feedback on the effectiveness of this policy to the rest of NHSScotland in due course.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how NHS boards ensure that disabled employees are treated fairly regarding absences that they may be forced to take as a result of their disability.
Answer
All NHS boards are expected to comply with the statutory requirements in respect of disabled people.
In addition, NHS boards have the autonomy to adopt policies which are appropriate to local need. NHSScotland has a range of progressive policies in place to protect and improve the health and wellbeing of its workforce and NHS boards are actively working in partnership with their staff to achieve sustained improvements in attendance rates. It is open to boards to use their special leave policies to support disabled employees who are absent due to their disability.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 26 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to ensure that inequality is not reinforced by short-term budgeting in the NHS.
Answer
NHS financial plans are on a three to five year planning cycle to ensure long-term budgeting. NHS boards have a duty as set out in HDL (2005) 9 to undertake equality impact assessments for changes in policy and service developments.
This year the Scottish Government instigated a change to the Local Delivery Plan process to identify issues affecting equality. A section on equalities for each target is completed by all boards which includes efficiency savings. Boards outline any risks that the delivery of efficiencies could create towards unequal health outcomes for the six equalities groups, and/or for people living in socio-economic disadvantage, and how these risks are being managed.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 26 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether equality impact assessments have been undertaken by NHS boards in relation to efficiency savings.
Answer
Each NHS board has a duty as set out in HDL (2005) 9 to undertake equality impact assessments for changes in policy and service developments, which would include significant changes to meet efficiency savings. Boards are in the process of completing impact assessments and undertaking stakeholder engagement on areas of significant change and these assessments will be published and the agreed actions implemented and their delivery monitored.
