- 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 whether equality impact assessments have been undertaken by NHS boards in relation to their workforce planning projections and their implications for changes to services.
Answer
This is a matter for individual NHS boards who have a legal obligation under race, disability and gender equality legislation as set out in Scottish Government circular HDL (2005) 9 to equality impact assess the likely impact of policies, strategies and services including workforce planning.
- 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 it will publish the letter of 9 April 2010 from its Health Directorate inviting NHS boards to submit workforce planning projections by 30 April 2010.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33648 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 whether the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing is aware of the content of the workforce planning projections for 2010-11 submitted to the Scottish Government by NHS boards by 30 April 2010.
Answer
Yes.
- 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 how many people were employed in the NHS as of 1 April 2010.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33640 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 how many new posts were created in the NHS between May 2007 and 1 April 2010.
Answer
Figures for NHS Scotland are published as part of the Public Sector Employment Statistics available at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk?Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market/TrendPublicSectorEmp.
Those statistics are not broken down by staff group.
- 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 how much funding will be set aside for voluntary severance payments in the NHS in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.
Answer
No specific funding is made available for voluntary severance payments in NHSScotland. NHS boards receive an allocation to meet the healthcare needs of their resident population. It is for boards to decide how best to utilise this funding to meet national and local priorities.
- 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 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.
