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If you are a public body which provides frontline medical services, please break down your answers to the following by frontline medical staff and all other employees.

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: NHS Shetland Annual Accounts – NHS Shetland

You will find the information you require in the Remuneration Report section

1.         By financial year*, from 2014-15 to present, number of employees whose salary was, at current prices**:

a.         £100k-£125k

b.         £125k-£150k

c.         £150k-£175k

d.         £175k-£200k

e.         £200k-£225k

f.          £225k-£250k

g.         £250k+

2.         By financial year, from 2014-15 to present, number of employees whose total compensation*** was, at current prices, in each of the bands listed from 1(a) to 1(g).

3.         By financial year, from 2014-15 to present, number of employees whose salary was, at constant 2024-25 prices****, in each of the bands listed from 1(a) to 1(g).

4.         By financial year, from 2014-15 to present, number of employees whose total compensation was, at constant 2024-25 prices, in each of the bands listed from 1(a) to 1(g).

5.         By financial year, from 2014-15 to present, total value of bonuses handed out to employees at current prices.

6.         By financial year, from 2014-15 to present, the value of the ten largest bonuses handed out to individual employees. Please also list job title with this if possible.

*If you do not have information that generally covers the whole financial year, information as of the start of the financial year (1 April) as a snapshot will work.

**’Current prices’ meaning value as of time of measurement of the relevant metric, not adjusted for inflation.

***’Total Compensation’ means to refer to the value of all tangible and intangible benefits the employee receives from you in exchange for work, including but not limited to base salary, bonuses, benefits (health insurance, pension contributions, paid time off and so forth), perks etc.

****The measure of inflation adjustment I mean to invoke by saying ‘constant 2024-25 prices’ is the official GDP deflator, as per the UK Government publication of this. The following table demonstrates the adjustment of the pay bands from 1(a) to 1(g) to constant 2024-25 prices.

Please note:

1. If you received that request, it is intended for you, regardless of whether you provide frontline medical services or not. The opening clarifying if-statement is just that – an if-statement. If you do not provide frontline medical services, I am not asking you to break down the answers to 1-5 from the original request by frontline medical staff and all other employees, and I am simply asking for the information from 1-5 as regards all employees of your public body.
2. For a definition of frontline medical staff, if applicable, please use the definition here for ‘Frontline health care workers’: https://southerntrust.hscni.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/PHA-Definitions-of-frontline-workers.pdf
3. If you employ frontline medical staff as per the above definition, then please consider yourself to fulfil the condition of providing frontline medical services as per the original request, and break down answers to request points 1-5 by frontline health care workers and all other staff. If you do not employ frontline health care workers as per that above definition, there is no need to break down answers to 1-5 by frontline health care workers and all other staff, and you can simply provide the information from 1-5 regarding all employees of your public body.