Question reference: S5W-00608
- Asked by: Jenny Gilruth, MSP for Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 8 June 2016
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Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 June 2016
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many staff NHS Fife employs, and how this compares with September 2006.
Answer
Under this government the number of staff working in Scotland’s NHS has risen to a record high.
As at March 2016, 7,308.7 whole time equivalent staff were employed in NHS Fife – an increase of 6.4 per cent since September 2006.*
*Source: Information Services Division Scotland (September 2006 to March 2016)