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To ask the Scottish Government how many advanced nurse practitioners are currently working in general practice, broken down by NHS board area.

S6W-32153 · Written Question · lodged by Baillie, Jackie

Lodged on
11 Dec 2024
Heard / answered on
20 Dec 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many advanced nurse practitioners are currently working in general practice, broken down by NHS board area.

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Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs) working in General Practice are employed by either Health Boards or by GP practices.Data on the whole-time equivalent (WTE) ANP workforce employed directly by Health Boards is published annually by the Scottish Government in the Primary care improvement plans: implementation progress summary. This data is set out in the following table.NHS BoardUrgent Care (Advanced Practitioners): ANPs – WTEAyrshire and Arran1.0Borders16.0Dumfries and Galloway8.5Fife20.2Forth Valley26.0Grampian17.3Greater Glasgow and Clyde37.6Highland0.0Lanarkshire26.0Lothian39.0Orkney0.0Shetland1.5Tayside26.5Western Isles4.9Data on the ANP workforce employed by GP practices is published annually by NHS Education for Scotland (NES) in the General Practice Workforce Survey report. This reports that as of March 2024, there are 742 ANPs (596.1 WTE) employed by GP practices. This report does not include a breakdown by Health Board.

Answered by Neil Gray on 20 Dec 2024.