FoI Number
2023-523
Subject
Physiotherapy Workforce
Date Received
24/11/2023
Request and Response
  1. The number of Physiotherapists employed by your health board in each of the last five financial years 2019/20-2023-24 (in FTE terms)

Year

WTE

2019/20

11.5

2020/21

11.5

2021/22

10.7

2022/23

9.6

Current

10.2

  1. The number of current vacancies for physiotherapists in your health board.

2

  1. The amount spent in each of the last five financial years 2019/20-2023/24 on locum physiotherapists.

With regards to financial year 2019/20-2022/23 in accordance with FOISA s 16(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it holds the information requested but that it is exempt from disclosure under FOISA s 25(1) as the information requested is accessible without submitting a request under FOISA s 1(1). The information you have requested is available here:

https://www.nhsshetland.scot/us/procurement-information

2023/24 - Nil