Question reference: S4W-22137
- Asked by: Aileen McLeod, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 16 July 2014
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Current status: Answered by Alex Neil on 6 August 2014
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many whole-time equivalent oncologists there were in (a) September 2006 and (b) March 2014.
Answer
Information on how many whole time equivalent oncologists there were in (a) September 2006 and (b) March 2014 can be found in the following table.
Oncologists in NHS Scotland at 30 September 2006 and 31 March 2014
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September 2006 |
March 2014 |
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Clinical Oncologists |
Medical Oncologists |
Total |
Clinical Oncologists |
Medical Oncologists |
Total |
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Scotland Oncologists WTE |
111.2 |
54.0 |
165.2 |
147.6 |
52.8 |
200.4 |
Source: Scottish Workforce Information Standard System, ISD Scotland
The main oncology specialties are clinical and medical oncology, and the numbers of clinical and medical oncologists are shown in the table. In addition to these, there are also surgical oncologists working within specialties such as gynaecology. The number of surgical oncologists is not collected centrally.
Published information on hospital, community and public health services staff by specialty can be found on the workforce statistics web site at