PHS FOI 2026-002374
- Date of request
- 06 March 2026
- Date of response
- 26 March 2026
- FOI request ID
- PHS FOI 2026-002374
- Corporate information
- Performance and monitoring
Request
“The Scottish Government's DL(2025)25 sets out a sub-national health and care planning programme which includes commitments to seven-day radiology services across NHS Scotland. Effective workforce planning to support that commitment requires a reliable national baseline of the radiography (diagnostic and therapeutic) and sonography workforce.
For the purposes of this request, sonography includes all ultrasound specialisms: vascular, obstetric, general, and point-of-care ultrasound.
Request
- Whether Public Health Scotland holds a national dataset or compiled record of the radiography (diagnostic and therapeutic) and sonography workforce across NHS Scotland Boards, including any of the following data fields:
- Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) radiographers by NHS Board, disaggregated by Band and specialty (diagnostic radiography / therapeutic radiography / sonography / ultrasound)
- Funded establishment figures versus filled posts
- Vacancy rates and vacancy duration
- Bank and agency spend on radiography and sonography
- If such a dataset or compiled record exists, please provide the most recent version held, including the date it relates to and the source Boards from which the data was drawn.
- If no such national dataset exists, please confirm this in writing.
- Please advise how sonographers are categorised in any national workforce dataset held by Public Health Scotland — specifically, whether they are recorded under radiography headings, under separate professional categories, or are not consistently captured across Boards.
- Please provide details of any national radiography (diagnostic and therapeutic), or sonography workforce report, analysis or projection published or commissioned by Public Health Scotland in the period 1 January 2020 to the date of this request.”