Question reference: S5W-28292
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 9 April 2020
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 July 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many contact tracers there were in each NHS board at the point of transition from the containment to the delay phase for COVID-19, and how many there are currently.
Answer
Public Health Scotland (PHS), working with NHS Boards, are leading activity to put in place a contact tracing system that will rapidly enhance existing capacity, and evolve into a sustainable service that can be in place for as long as is required. The priorities for delivering this includes the establishment of a national service alongside the contact tracing services in every Board. The following table details the number of contact tracing staff in place for each NHS Health Board at the following points:
? 12 March: Transition point between the containment and delay phase
? 28 May: The point at which a commitment was made to have 2,000 contact tracers ready to deploy across Scotland.
NHS Board | Staff in place 12 March | Staff Deployable 28 May |
Ayrshire & Arran | 0 | 111 |
Borders | 4 | 44 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 0 | 40 |
Fife | 11 | 105 |
Forth Valley | 8 | 40 |
Grampian | 15 | 200 |
Greater Glasgow & Clyde | 5 | 570 |
Highlands | 10 | 30 |
Lanarkshire | 18 | 238 |
Lothian | 9 | 233 |
Orkney | 24 | |
Shetland | 13 | 13 |
Tayside | 0 | 73 |
NES | - | 50 |
Western Isles | 3 | 16 |
Public Health Scotland & NSS | 10 | 170 |
SAS | 0 | 50 |
Total number of staff | 106 | 2007 |