FoI Number
2024-565
Subject
Psychology Workforce
Date Received
16/12/2024
Request and Response
  1. In your NHS Board, what was the Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) number of staff in the psychology workforce, in post as of 31st March on the following years: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024? In your response, if possible, please also break the number of WTE psychology workforce staff down for each year into the following areas:

In post

31/03/21

31/03/22

31/03/23

31/03/24

Clinical psychologists

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

Counselling psychologists (For NHS Shetland = Psychological Therapist)

3.0

1.2

3.53

3.6

Health psychologists

0

0

0

0

Forensic psychologists

0

0

0

0

Clinical Associates in Applied Psychology

1.0

0

0.6

0.6

Assistant Psychologists

0

0

0

0

Any other members of the psychological workforce

0

0

0.47

0

  1. For each financial year (1st April – 31st March) for 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, what has been the number of members of the psychology workforce (WTE) that have a) left your NHS Board and b) been recruited to your NHS Board? In your response, if possible, please also break the number of WTE psychology workforce staff down for each financial year into the following areas:

Leavers

21/22

22/23

23/24

24/date

Clinical psychologists

0

0

1.0

0

Counselling psychologists (For NHSS = Psychological Therapist

1.9

0.8

0

0

Health psychologists

0

0

0

0

Forensic psychologists

0

0

0

0

Clinical Associates in Applied Psychology

0

0

0

0

Assistant Psychologists

0

0

0

0

Any other members of the psychological workforce

0

0

0.47

0

 

Recruited

21/22

22/23

23/24

24/date

Clinical psychologists

0

1.0

0

0

Counselling psychologists (For NHSS = Psychological Therapist

0.9

2.53

1.6

0

Health psychologists

0

0

0

0

Forensic psychologists

0

0

0

0

Clinical Associates in Applied Psychology

0

0

0

0

Assistant Psychologists

0

0

0

0

Any other members of the psychological workforce

0

0

0

0