Written Question · S4W-28200 · Session 4
How many GP training places there have been in each NHS board since 2011-12 and where these were located, broken down by Scottish Index of …
The question
To ask the Scottish Government how many GP training places there have been in each NHS board since 2011-12 and where these were located, broken down by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation decile.
The answer
The information is not available in the format requested.
NHS Education for Scotland is responsible for the training placements of GPs in Scotland but it does not hold information on the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation. It has provided the following information that shows the number of hospital based GP training posts by deanery from 2011-15 (tables one to five), as well as a breakdown of the number of GP training practices by region for 2015 (table six). There can be up to three trainees in one practice at a time.
Table One:
Update
2011
Total Three and Four Year Programmes
Deanery
Programme
Posts
East
Eastward
16
Westward
12
Total East of Scotland Posts
28
North
Grampian
32
Highlands and Islands
28
Total North of Scotland Posts
60
South East
1 – Borders and Midlothian
9
2 – Fife and North Edinburgh
10
3 – West Lothian and West Edinburgh
9
4 – Edinburgh and East Lothian
12
5 – Edinburgh Central
12
Total South East of Scotland Posts
52
West
Ayrshire and Arran
21
Dumfries and Galloway
10
Forth Valley
10
Glasgow North East
22
Glasgow North West
20
Glasgow South
24
Lanarkshire
18
Renfrew, Inverclyde, Dumbarton and Argyll
22
Total West of Scotland Posts
147
Total Scotland Posts
287
Table Two:
Update
2012
Total Three and Four Year Programmes
Deanery
Programme
Posts
East
Eastward
16
Westward
12
Total East of Scotland Posts
28
North
Grampian
20
Caledonian
22
Rural Track – Fort William
2
Rural Track – Caithness
2
Rural Track – Western Isles
2
Rural Track – Orkney
2
Rural Track – Shetland
2
Total North of Scotland Posts
52
South East
1 – Borders and Midlothian
12
2 – Fife and North Edinburgh
12
3 – West Lothian and West Edinburgh
12
4 – Edinburgh and East Lothian
11
5 – Edinburgh Central
12
Total South East of Scotland Posts
59
West
Ayrshire and Arran
26
Dumfries and Galloway
13
Forth Valley
10
Glasgow North East
22
Glasgow North West
20
Glasgow South
25
Lanarkshire
20
Renfrew, Inverclyde, Dumbarton and Argyll
21
Total West of Scotland Posts
157
Total Scotland Posts
296
Table Three:
Update
2013
Total Three and Four Year Programmes
Deanery
Programme
Posts
East
Eastward
16
Westward
12
Total East of Scotland Posts
28
North
Grampian
26
Caledonian
26
Rural Track – Fort William
2
Rural Track – Caithness
2
Rural Track – Western Isles
2
Rural Track – Orkney
2
Rural Track – Shetland
2
Total North of Scotland Posts
62
South East
1 – Borders and Midlothian
12
2 – Fife and North Edinburgh
14
3 – West Lothian and West Edinburgh
14
4 – Edinburgh and East Lothian
11
5 – Edinburgh Central
13
Total South East of Scotland Posts
64
West
Ayrshire and Arran
22
Dumfries and Galloway
12
Forth Valley
10
Glasgow North East
23
Glasgow North West
20
Glasgow South
24
Lanarkshire
19
Renfrew, Inverclyde, Dumbarton and Argyll
20
Total West of Scotland Posts
150
Total Scotland Posts
304
Table Four:
Update
2014
Total Three and Four Year Programmes
Deanery
Programme
Posts
East
Eastward
16
Westward
12
Total East of Scotland Posts
28
North
Grampian
24
Caledonian
21
Rural Track – Caithness
2
Rural Track – Fort William
2
Rural Track – Oban
2
Rural Track – Orkney
2
Rural Track – Shetland
2
Rural Track – Western Isles
2
Total North of Scotland Posts
57
South East
1 – Borders and Midlothian
11
2 – Fife and North Edinburgh
14
3 – West Lothian and West Edinburgh
14
4 – Edinburgh and East Lothian
13
5 – Edinburgh Central
11
Total South East of Scotland Posts
63
West
Ayrshire and Arran
28
Dumfries and Galloway
9
Forth Valley
10
Glasgow North East
22
Glasgow North West
20
Glasgow South
24
Lanarkshire
16
Renfrew, Inverclyde, Dumbarton and Argyll
24
Total West of Scotland Posts
153
Total Scotland Posts
301
Table Five:
Update
2015
Total Three and Four Year Progra
NHS Education for Scotland is responsible for the training placements of GPs in Scotland but it does not hold information on the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation. It has provided the following information that shows the number of hospital based GP training posts by deanery from 2011-15 (tables one to five), as well as a breakdown of the number of GP training practices by region for 2015 (table six). There can be up to three trainees in one practice at a time.
Table One:
Update
2011
Total Three and Four Year Programmes
Deanery
Programme
Posts
East
Eastward
16
Westward
12
Total East of Scotland Posts
28
North
Grampian
32
Highlands and Islands
28
Total North of Scotland Posts
60
South East
1 – Borders and Midlothian
9
2 – Fife and North Edinburgh
10
3 – West Lothian and West Edinburgh
9
4 – Edinburgh and East Lothian
12
5 – Edinburgh Central
12
Total South East of Scotland Posts
52
West
Ayrshire and Arran
21
Dumfries and Galloway
10
Forth Valley
10
Glasgow North East
22
Glasgow North West
20
Glasgow South
24
Lanarkshire
18
Renfrew, Inverclyde, Dumbarton and Argyll
22
Total West of Scotland Posts
147
Total Scotland Posts
287
Table Two:
Update
2012
Total Three and Four Year Programmes
Deanery
Programme
Posts
East
Eastward
16
Westward
12
Total East of Scotland Posts
28
North
Grampian
20
Caledonian
22
Rural Track – Fort William
2
Rural Track – Caithness
2
Rural Track – Western Isles
2
Rural Track – Orkney
2
Rural Track – Shetland
2
Total North of Scotland Posts
52
South East
1 – Borders and Midlothian
12
2 – Fife and North Edinburgh
12
3 – West Lothian and West Edinburgh
12
4 – Edinburgh and East Lothian
11
5 – Edinburgh Central
12
Total South East of Scotland Posts
59
West
Ayrshire and Arran
26
Dumfries and Galloway
13
Forth Valley
10
Glasgow North East
22
Glasgow North West
20
Glasgow South
25
Lanarkshire
20
Renfrew, Inverclyde, Dumbarton and Argyll
21
Total West of Scotland Posts
157
Total Scotland Posts
296
Table Three:
Update
2013
Total Three and Four Year Programmes
Deanery
Programme
Posts
East
Eastward
16
Westward
12
Total East of Scotland Posts
28
North
Grampian
26
Caledonian
26
Rural Track – Fort William
2
Rural Track – Caithness
2
Rural Track – Western Isles
2
Rural Track – Orkney
2
Rural Track – Shetland
2
Total North of Scotland Posts
62
South East
1 – Borders and Midlothian
12
2 – Fife and North Edinburgh
14
3 – West Lothian and West Edinburgh
14
4 – Edinburgh and East Lothian
11
5 – Edinburgh Central
13
Total South East of Scotland Posts
64
West
Ayrshire and Arran
22
Dumfries and Galloway
12
Forth Valley
10
Glasgow North East
23
Glasgow North West
20
Glasgow South
24
Lanarkshire
19
Renfrew, Inverclyde, Dumbarton and Argyll
20
Total West of Scotland Posts
150
Total Scotland Posts
304
Table Four:
Update
2014
Total Three and Four Year Programmes
Deanery
Programme
Posts
East
Eastward
16
Westward
12
Total East of Scotland Posts
28
North
Grampian
24
Caledonian
21
Rural Track – Caithness
2
Rural Track – Fort William
2
Rural Track – Oban
2
Rural Track – Orkney
2
Rural Track – Shetland
2
Rural Track – Western Isles
2
Total North of Scotland Posts
57
South East
1 – Borders and Midlothian
11
2 – Fife and North Edinburgh
14
3 – West Lothian and West Edinburgh
14
4 – Edinburgh and East Lothian
13
5 – Edinburgh Central
11
Total South East of Scotland Posts
63
West
Ayrshire and Arran
28
Dumfries and Galloway
9
Forth Valley
10
Glasgow North East
22
Glasgow North West
20
Glasgow South
24
Lanarkshire
16
Renfrew, Inverclyde, Dumbarton and Argyll
24
Total West of Scotland Posts
153
Total Scotland Posts
301
Table Five:
Update
2015
Total Three and Four Year Progra
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S4W-28200 by reference.