Psychology Workforce Planning Project
Latest PublicationsPublished: 03 September 2019
Workforce Planning for Psychology Services in NHSScotland - Characteristics of the Workforce within Psychology Services
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From 1 April 2019, responsibility for collecting and reporting workforce data transferred from ISD to NES. During the initial transition period (until 30 September 2019), publications were co-produced by ISD and NES. NES now have sole responsibility although publications will continue to be hosted on the ISD website until end of March 2020.
The publication released on 3 December with data as at 30 September 2019 can be accessed via this page.
Previously published information can still be accessed via the ISD Workforce publication page.
The Psychology Workforce Planning Project was initiated in 2001 and aims to:
- provide an evidence based psychology workforce planning mechanism which will support decision making and priority setting in psychology workforce planning & educational development.
- provide those involved in the decision making process with an informed understanding of the complexities of the profession, and with a continual review & evaluation of the service.
- assess the skill-mix of staff employed within NHS psychology services.
A secure web based system is used to collect data on the NHSScotland Psychology Workforce. The system allows each organisation direct access to their Psychology staff records. It allows the addition, amendment and termination of records directly on the web and errors associated with the record are flagged up at source. Data from this system are extracted at the census date, analysed and published. Data is also collected on Psychology trainees at completion of the following courses:
- D Clin Psych.
- MSc in Psychological Therapy in Primary Care (adult).
- MSc in Applied Psychology for Children and Young People.