Publication - Research and analysis

Social care - Personal Assistants: current data sources and future work

Published: 26 July 2024
From: Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport
Directorate: Social Care and National Care Service Development
Topic: Building a new Scotland, Children and families, Communities and third sector, +11 more … Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Scotland, Cost of living crisis, Economy, Equality and rights, Health and social care, International, Programme for Government, Public safety and emergencies, Public sector, Scottish Budget, Work and skills
ISBN: 9781836014676

Overview of key sources of data on Personal Assistants (PAs) in Scotland. The report supports the work of the PA Programme Board and estimates the size of the PA workforce in Scotland to aid with future workforce planning.

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1 These employers were in the process of recruiting a PA.

2 Although 7 of the 12 gave home addresses, it is not possible to say definitively in which local authority each worked. The local authority areas associated with these home addresses were Edinburgh (2), Fife (2), Scottish Borders (2) and Dumfries and Galloway (1).

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Email: toria.fraser@gov.scot

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