Annex C
Workforce Characteristics - further statistical information
Working patterns
Figure A shows the proportion of each staff group working full and part time. Within the clinical group, nursing and midwifery staff have the highest proportion working part time. Within the non clinical group, ancillary staff have the highest proportion working part time. Interestingly, there has been no change in contract type over all staff groups (41.1% in 2005 versus 41.0% in 2004). However, there has been a small reduction in medical and dental consultants working part time - falling from 17.9% in 2004 to 16.1% in 2004 for medical staff; and from 6.0% to 4.9% for dentists.
Figure A: Contract type by staff group at 30 September 2005
Ethnicity
Figure B, sourced from the Scottish Workforce Information Standard System ( SWISS) provides a picture of the ethnicity of NHSScotland's workforce. (These figures only relate to those staff who provided data on their ethnicity so should be interpreted with caution.)
Figure B: NHSScotland ethnic origin percentage distribution (based on staff replying to survey) at 31 March 2006
| Not Known 1 | White 2 | Other White | Any Mixed Background | Indian | Pakistani and other South Asian 3 | Chinese | Black 4 | Other Ethnic Background | Declined |
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Scotland | 59.8 | 35.3 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
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1 Information presented in this table is based on self-reporting by staff in NHSScotland.
Data are collected via staff engagement forms when people join, or change organisations within NHSScotland, or via the 'e:you' questionaire exercise undertaken.
Completion of the questionaire exercise was optional and response rates varied across the country.
Those staff who did not return their questionaires are counted under 'not known'.
2 Comprises White Scottish, White British, White Irish.
3 Comprises Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Other Asian.
4 Comprises Caribbean, African, Other Black.
Gender
Over three-quarters of the workforce are female (77.9%). This is largely accounted for by the high proportion of females in the AHP (90.6%), nursing and midwifery (89.9%) and administrative and clerical staff groups (87.0%). Comparison to last year shows that there has been no significant gender shift overall or by staff group.
As Figure C shows, the percentage of each staff group that is female ranges from under 1% for trades staff to 91% of AHPs.
Figure C: Gender split by staff group (headcount) at 30 September 2005
