Workforce Breakdown - FOI Response Register

Please provide the following information:

1. Total number of staff employed in your health board as of present day, broken down by:

• Broad Category (Medical, dental, nursing, midwifery, AHP, etc.)

• Sub-category. For example, medical staff would be broken down by seniority (e.g. junior doctor/consultant) and speciality (e.g. Orthopaedics, Cardiology etc.)

See attached spreadsheet

We have removed the AFC job bandings from this report and replaced them with a number to indicate relative seniority within a job family. This is because NHS Shetland considers that providing more specific information carries a high risk of identifying individuals and disclosing personal data about them. As such and 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 38(1)(b) as read with s 38 (2A) as the information constitutes personal data and disclosure would breach the confidentiality of the data subjects.

Because the numbers indicate relative seniority within a job family they are not comparable across different job families; i.e. a 2 in one job family is not necessarily equivalent to the salary/banding/seniority of a 2 in another family.

1. Total annual expense on staff pay, as budgeted for this financial year

2023 / 24  £43,263,332

2. For each broad category and sub category from point 1, total annual expense on staff pay for that category as budgeted for this financial year

In accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the requested information.

Staff pay information held is calculated by cost centre not job family. Providing the requested information would require specialist knowledge and the creation of new information.

Please note that even if NHS Shetland did hold the requested information, it would likely be exempt from disclosure under FOISA s 38(1)(b) as read with s 38 (2A) for the reasons given in the response to Q1 above.

3. Answers to 1, 2, and 3 for the earliest year you hold sufficient records for to answer these questions.

In accordance with FOISA s17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the requested information.

Staff pay information held is calculated by cost centre not job family. Providing the requested information would require specialist knowledge and the creation of new information.

Please note that even if NHS Shetland did hold the requested information, it would likely be exempt from disclosure under FOISA s 38(1)(b) as read with s 38 (2A) for the reasons given in the response to Q1 above.