NHS Board Projected Staff In Post Changes In 2013/14

2. Caveats

The following caveats should be considered when interpreting the data:

• All data shown in the tables have been provided by NHS Boards. Although the baseline figures are similar to the ISD Scotland National Statistics publication on NHS Scotland Workforce, they are not identical. This is because the national workforce information system is a live system which is updated on a continuous basis and NHS Boards have taken snapshots at different points in time.
• Nursing & Midwifery interns have been projected by NHS Education for Scotland, however there is very limited historical data on which to inform trend projection and an inherent uncertainty as to the demand. These figures are estimates and are subject to change. As NHS Board data does not include interns, interns are shown in the overall NHS Scotland tables only (Tables 1 and 2).
• Management (non-AfC) is a sub group of Administration Services. These figures are not comparable to the 25% Reduction Target in Senior Management posts. The definition used in the target allows the exclusion of clinically orientated staff from within this group and the inclusion of some AfC Administration staff
  (Band 8a and above).