- FoI Number
- 2025-155
- Subject
- Workforce Data
- Date Received
- 02/06/2025
- Request and Response
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- How many Agency shifts were advertised by this health board in NHS hospitals in 2024-25? Please provide this for each financial year since 2018-19. Please break this down into Nursing and Midwifery, as well as Medical and Dental.
April 2018 - March 2019 April 2019 - March 2020 April 2020 - March 2021 April 2021 - March 2022 April 2022 - March 2023 April 2023 - March 2024 April 2024 - March 2023 Nursing & Midwifery 3500 2550 4785 4400 5780 1414 1399 Medical & Dental 745 350 400 868 194 85 105 Shifts= 1 day We don’t have specific trackers to track advertised shifts so difficult to give accurate figures as shifts span years across the trackers we have. These are as accurate as we can give.
- In relation to Question 1, how many of these shifts were successfully filled? Please provide this for each financial year since 2018-19, including the current financial year.
Question is answered in 1
- Please provide the overall spend so far on agency staff in 2024-25. Please provide this for each financial year since 2018-19. Please break this down into Nursing and Midwifery, as well as Medical and Dental.
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
- How many Bank shifts were advertised by this health board in NHS hospitals in 2024-25? Please provide this for each financial year since 2018-19. Please break this down into Nursing and Midwifery, as well as Medical and Dental.
In accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested. We don’t currently have a system that can count bank shifts advertised so unable to confirm
- In relation to Question 4, how many of these shifts were successfully filled? Please provide this for each financial year since 2018-19, including the current financial year.
In accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested. We don’t currently have a system that can count bank shifts advertised so unable to confirm
- Please provide the overall spend so far on bank staff in 2024-25. Please provide this for each financial year since 2018-19. Please break this down into Nursing and Midwifery, as well as Medical and Dental.
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:
