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The number of Clinical Nurse Specialists employed by NHSScotland is published annually by ISD Scotland, by specialty. Data prior to 2009 is unavailable.

Data from September 2009 to September 2017 can be found at: https://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Workforce/Publications/2017-12-05/Clinical_Nurse_Specialists_S2017.x

The new 2018 GP Contract, jointly agreed with the BMA and supported by £110m investment in 2018-19, supports GPs to comply with GDPR by recognising that contractors are joint data controllers along with their contracting NHS Board. The contract clarifies GP contractors’ and Health Boards’ responsibilities and will ensure GP contractors are not exposed to liabilities beyond their effective control.

Data provisions in the new contract were informed by the work of an Information Sharing Short Life Working Group, carried out with the assistance of the Information Commissioner’s Office in Scotland and in collaboration with experts in managing patient data, including the Caldicott Guardians, BMA, RCGP, NHS Central Legal Office and NHS National Service Scotland.

Waiting times data for CAMHS treatment was not collected prior to 2012. The following table shows waiting times from 2012 for NHS Scotland as a whole and also by geographical health board. Waiting times are given in weeks.

Waiting times for patients who have been seen/treated by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) for financial years 2012-13 to 2017-18.

The information requested is not held centrally.

The subjects taught by teachers in Scotland's schools can be found in the results of the School Staff Census (Tables 2.8, 3.9, 4.8 and 5.2):

http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/teachcenssuppdata

The number of Scottish domiciled enrolments at Scottish Higher Education Institutions studying health professional courses are included in the following table.

Information on the number of people who have been referred to private weight management programmes in each NHS board area in each year since 2007 is not held centrally.

Scottish Government is continuing discussions with Information Services Division regarding further IVF data collection, including third cycle data, within the confines of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act.

The information requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government.

NHS Scotland health boards, as employers, are responsible for the delivery and monitoring of equality training provided to employees. Our national Partnership Information Network (PIN) policy: “Embracing Equality, Diversity and Human Rights in NHSScotland, accessible at: http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0044/00441232.pdf explicitly requires that all staff are provided with equality training and outlines a number of the common and core principles that should inform the content of that training. The PIN policy further includes specific guidance on monitoring the impact of local activity against health boards’ legislative responsibilities flowing from the Public Sector Equality Duty.

To ensure that local equality training is relevant and effective, health board human resources and equality leads are required to develop and deliver training in partnership with professional organisation representatives, trade unions and staff. Boards are also able to consult with the professional organisations with which we retain national membership/partnership arrangements, including Stonewall Scotland and the Business Disability Forum.

Previous reductions in recommended nursing and midwifery student intakes reflected the reduced projected demand by NHS Boards and other stakeholders and over supply of newly qualified staff at that time.

Total numbers of nurses and midwives in training have increased again following six successive increases in intakes, including the recommended increase of 10.8% for 2018/19 academic year. The number of qualified Nurses & Midwives is up by 6.9%, or 2,823.5 whole time equivalents, under this Government. There are more qualified nurses and midwives per 1,000 population – 8.1 WTE in Scotland (March 2018) compared to 5.6 WTE in England (February 2018).