Scottish Ambulance Workforce

Freedom of Information Request

Reference
065/23
Request Date
02 Feb 2023
Response Date
06 Mar 2023
Information Requested
  1. What percentage of the Scottish Ambulance workforce was female in each year between 2013 and 2022?
  2. How many people left employment with the Scottish Ambulance Service in each year between 2013 and 2022?
  3. How many people that left employment with the Scottish Ambulance Service in each year between 2013 and 2022 were female?
  4. What percentage of paramedics employed by the Scottish Ambulance Service in each year between 2013 and 2022 were female?
  5. What percentage of grade seven employees and above employed by the Scottish Ambulance Service in each year between 2013 and 2022 were female?
  6. How many internal reports/complaints by staff relating to or referencing sexism were received by the Scottish Ambulance Service in each year between 2013 and 2022?
  7. How many referrals for serious sexual misconduct by staff against women did the Scottish Ambulance Service make to the police in in each year between 2013 and 2022?
Response

The requested information for parts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 is publicly available and published through NHS Education for Scotland (NES) website. Please see link below to NHS Education for Scotland (NES) website that show staff figures –

https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fturasdata.nes.nhs.scot%2Fdata-and-reports%2Fofficial-workforce-statistics%2Fall-official-statistics-publications%2F06-december-2022-workforce%2Fdata-tables%2F%3Fpageid%3D8104&data=05%7C01%7Ckaren.brogan%40nhs.scot%7C71d055e1917644d92cf208daffb2c0d7%7C10efe0bda0304bca809cb5e6745e499a%7C0%7C0%7C638103440448366388%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=zjL6jsfAdGNJ8BuIZWAVj5wAIZIIEOzTRtNWk6mDh4c%3D&reserved=0

 

To access the information requested please follow the given link, data is under,

  • Dashboards
  • NHS Scotland Workforce
  • Choose report (left hand side)
  • Choose NHS boards, National & Special, Scottish Ambulance Service
  • Click on Data Table
  • Hover over right-hand side of data table, click on the three dots and select Export data.

 

In response to part 6, there is no complaint category of sexism held on our HR system and we are unable to accurately report this without skill and complex judgement. It is for this reason; we have applied the exemption Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Scotland Act 2002 as information not held. 

In response to part 7, a referral to the police would not be recorded on our HR system and we are unable to accurately report this without skill and complex judgement. It is for this reason; we have applied the exemption Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Scotland Act 2002 as information not held. 

Response Documents

FOISA Disclosure Log 065 (DOCX | 158KB)

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