NHS Board Projected Staff In Post Changes In 2013/14

7. Further Information

The data above, and below in Appendix 1, contribute towards the Scottish Government's analysis of NHS Board's Workforce Plans. Each NHS Board will publish their respective Workforce Plan by the end of August 2013.

All data shown in the tables have been provided by NHS Boards. Although 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.

The 'Emergency Services' group was renamed 'Ambulance Services' as it includes non-emergency staff. All other staff group definitions in this publication match the ISD Scotland National Statistics publication on NHS Scotland Workforce definitions.

ISD Scotland are due to release publications on NHS Scotland's Workforce on the following dates:

• 27^th August 2013
• 26^th November 2013
• 25^th February 2014.

Please see the link to ISD Scotland's publications below.

There is also a Scottish Government Workforce publication on the progress towards the 25% Reduction in Senior Management Posts Target as at 31^st March 2013. This is also due for release on 27^th August 2013. Please note that the Senior Management definition within this national target is different form the Management (non AfC) figure used in both the ISD National Statistics publication on NHS Scotland Workforce and the Scottish Government publication on NHS Workforce Projections. Please follow the link to the publication below for an explanation of these differences.