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A Scottish Executive Review of Speech and Language Therapy, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy for Children and Speech and Language Therapy for Adults with Learning Disabilities and Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Appendix G Vacancy rates in NHS OT, PT and SLT posts providing a service to children
Table 1: WTE vacant posts for paediatric OTs
NHS Board Area | Establishment of state-registered paediatric OT posts | Vacancies state-registered paediatric OT posts | Vacancy Rate |
Argyll and Clyde | 7.6 | 1.5 | 20% |
Ayrshire and Arran | 7.9 | 0.5 | 6% |
Borders Area | 3.5 | 1 | 29% |
Dumfries and Galloway | 4.37 | 0.86 | 20% |
Fife | 12.2 | 0 | 0 |
Forth Valley | 6 | 1 | 17% |
Grampian | 13.45 | 1 | 7% |
Greater Glasgow | 16.4 | 1.5 | 9% |
Highland | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Lanarkshire | 12.7 | 0.5 | 4% |
Lothian | 31.4 | 1 | 3% |
Orkney | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Shetland | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tayside | 13.4 | 1.5 | 11% |
Western Isles | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 136.92 | 10.36 | |
Notes :
NB - These figures are vacancies in dedicated paediatric posts only. There are no figures available for vacancies in generic posts.
Mean vacancy rate = 8%.
Table 2: WTE vacant posts for paediatric PTs
NHS Board Area | Establishment of state-registered paediatric PT posts | Vacancies state-registered paediatric PT posts | Vacancy Rate |
Argyll and Clyde | 9.2 | 2 | 22% |
Ayrshire and Arran | 10.4 | 0 | 0 |
Borders Area | 2.8 | 0 | 0 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 4 | 1 | 25% |
Fife | 9.6 | 0 | 0 |
Forth Valley | 7.7 | 0 | 0 |
Grampian | 11.3 | 0 | 0 |
Greater Glasgow | 36.1 | 9.5 | 26% |
Highland | 7.3 | 1 | 14% |
Lanarkshire | 15.76 | 1.58 | 10% |
Lothian | 35.3 | 1.6 | 5% |
Orkney | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Shetland | 1.3 | 0.8 | 62% |
Tayside | 8.8 | 0.4 | 5% |
Western Isles | 1 | 1 | 100% |
Totals | 161.56 | 18.88 | |
Notes:
NB - These figures are vacancies in dedicated paediatric posts only. There are no figures available for vacancies in generic posts. Greater Glasgow - 5 vacancies are for temporary Superintendent III posts.
NHS Tayside - Data for Child Health services and service at Ninewells in Acute Trust only. PCT figures missing.
Mean vacancy rate = 18%.
Table 3: WTE vacant posts for paediatric SLTs
NHS Board Area | Establishment of
state-registered
paediatric SLT posts | Vacancies
state-registered
paediatric SLT posts | Vacancy Rate |
Argyll and Clyde | 43.6 | 12.3 | 28% |
Ayrshire and Arran | 10.8 | 1 | 9% |
Borders Area | 9.9 | 3.0 | 30% |
Dumfries and Galloway | 18 | 2 | 11% |
Fife | 32.2 | 0 | 0 |
Forth Valley | 23.7 | 2 | 8% |
Grampian | 40.8 | 6 | 15% |
Greater Glasgow | 90.7 | 8 | 9% |
Highland | 12.2 | 2 | 16% |
Lanarkshire | 51.2 | 4.4 | 9% |
Lothian | 99 | 5.6 | 6% |
Orkney | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
Shetland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tayside | 17.4 | 0.5 | 3% |
Western Isles | 2.2 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 452.1 | 46.8 | |
Notes: NB - These figures are vacancies in dedicated paediatric posts only. There are no figures available for vacancies in generic posts. Tayside - Figures for acute trust only including Ninewells Hospital and Centre for Child Health. Data for PCT missing. Mean vacancy rate = 10%.
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