Question reference: S4W-22138
- 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 cancer clinical nurse specialists there were in September (a) 2009 and (b) 2013.
Answer
Information on how many whole time equivalent cancer clinical nurse specialists there were in September (a) 2009 and (b) 2013 can be found in the following table.
Due to the multidisciplinary nature of the role a nurse may work in more than one specialty, however only one specialist area is recorded for each nurse. The figures shown do not include those who spend part of their time working in cancer but have been recorded against another specialty.
Cancer clinical nurse specialists in NHS Scotland at 30 September 2009 and 30 September 2013
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| Sep 09 | Sep 13 |
| Scotland - Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists | 170.0 | 237.7 |
Source: Scottish Workforce Information Standard System, ISD Scotland
Further published information on the number of clinical nurse specialists by cancer site can be found on the workforce statistics web site at: