# NHS Shetland: money, staff and waiting times

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updated: 29 September 2026
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# NHS Shetland: money, staff and waiting times



Last updated 29 September 2026.
Figures refresh every night. [How each figure is worked out](/methodology/).





**£82m** for NHS Shetland in 2024-25, **£3,606** per resident, +2.9% on a year earlier after inflation.



Figure as of unknown date. Source:
[Public Health Scotland](https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/media/39985/r100t_24_25.xlsx).





## Key figures



- £82m2024-25, cash

+7.1% on a year earlier
- £3,606Per resident, 2024-25
- 84.2%A&E: seen within four hours (Scotland), 2026-07

Scotland: 69.1%
- 42.7 £mHospital and community staff costs (Scotland), 2024-25

Scotland: 9,590.2 £m
- 114.7 per 1,000 residentsWaiting list per 1,000 residents (Scotland), 2026-06

Scotland: 117.8 per 1,000 residents




Source: [Public Health Scotland](https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/media/39985/r100t_24_25.xlsx).






## Over time: cash, real terms and per resident




**NHS Shetland: spending in cash and in 2025-26 prices, £ million**








Real terms use HM Treasury’s GDP deflator, 2025-26 prices. Breaks in the series: 2019-20: Wales: Bridgend moved from Abertawe Bro Morgannwg to Cwm Taf on 1 April 2019, forming Swansea Bay and Cwm Taf Morgannwg university health boards; their series start then. 2020-21: Health spending from 2020-21 to 2022-23 includes Covid-19 testing, vaccines and other pandemic costs. 2022-23: England: integrated care boards replaced clinical commissioning groups on 1 July 2022. 2023-24: England: Health Education England merged into NHS England on 1 April 2023 (DHSC core tables). 2026-27: England: 42 ICBs became 36 on 1 April 2026 after mergers. The allocations restate 2025-26 on the new boundaries; waiting-list figures by ICB start in April 2026. 2026-27: England: the government announced in March 2025 that NHS England would be merged into DHSC; later PESA editions and DHSC accounts may present its budget differently. 2026-27: Scotland: NHS Education for Scotland and NHS National Services Scotland merged into NHS Delivery on 1 April 2026.




**The numbers behind this chart**





| Year | Real terms (2025-26 prices) | Cash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2020-21Details | £84.0m | £69.1m |
| Cash£69.1m | | |
| 2021-22Details | £91.0m | £75.0m |
| Cash£75.0m | | |
| 2022-23Details | £87.1m | £76.8m |
| Cash£76.8m | | |
| 2023-24Details | £82.7m | £76.8m |
| Cash£76.8m | | |
| 2024-25Details | £85.1m | £82.2m |
| Cash£82.2m | | |






Figure as of unknown date. Source:
[Public Health Scotland](https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/media/39985/r100t_24_25.xlsx).





**NHS Shetland: spending per resident, 2025-26 prices**








Per resident divides by ONS mid-year population estimates.




**The numbers behind this chart**





| Year | Per resident, 2025-26 prices | Per resident, cash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2020-21Details | £3,670 | £3,019 |
| Per resident, cash£3,019 | | |
| 2021-22Details | £3,962 | £3,267 |
| Per resident, cash£3,267 | | |
| 2022-23Details | £3,782 | £3,337 |
| Per resident, cash£3,337 | | |
| 2023-24Details | £3,613 | £3,356 |
| Per resident, cash£3,356 | | |
| 2024-25Details | £3,731 | £3,606 |
| Per resident, cash£3,606 | | |






Figure as of unknown date. Source:
[Public Health Scotland](https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/media/39985/r100t_24_25.xlsx).




Source: Public Health Scotland, [Scottish health service costs 2024-25: R100T five-year trend by board and R086 board operating costs](https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/media/39985/r100t_24_25.xlsx).





## Where it sits, and what is below it



- UK total
- Nation
- Department or service body
- Local body
- Spending category
- Line or transaction not published





- Health, United Kingdom
- Health, Scotland
- NHS Scotland health boards
- NHS Shetland





### NHS Shetland



Operating costs of the health board, outturn (Public Health Scotland). A board also treats patients from other boards, and its costs are where the care is given. The board’s Scottish Budget allocation for the years ahead is in extra.scotland.boardBudgets and is never added to these figures.



**£82m** in 2024-25 (cash); £85m in 2025-26 prices; £3,606 per resident; +7.1% on a year earlier in cash, +2.9% in real terms.





| Spending category | Cash, 2024-25 | Real terms (2025-26 prices) | Per resident | Real change on a year earlier | Source | Below this |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hospital servicesDetails | £38m | £39m | £1,664 | +1.9% | [Public Health Scotland](https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/media/39985/r100t_24_25.xlsx) | Line or transaction not published: Public Health Scotland’s detailed cost book tables split these costs further by specialty and staff group; those tables overlap one another, so no lines are shown. |
| Real terms (2025-26 prices)£39mPer resident£1,664Real change on a year earlier+1.9%Source[Public Health Scotland](https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/media/39985/r100t_24_25.xlsx)Below thisLine or transaction not published: Public Health Scotland’s detailed cost book tables split these costs further by specialty and staff group; those tables overlap one another, so no lines are shown. | | | | | | |
| Family health services (GPs, dentists, pharmacists, opticians)Details | £21m | £22m | £924 | +5.3% | [Public Health Scotland](https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/media/39985/r100t_24_25.xlsx) | Line or transaction not published: Public Health Scotland’s detailed cost book tables split these costs further by specialty and staff group; those tables overlap one another, so no lines are shown. |
| Real terms (2025-26 prices)£22mPer resident£924Real change on a year earlier+5.3%Source[Public Health Scotland](https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/media/39985/r100t_24_25.xlsx)Below thisLine or transaction not published: Public Health Scotland’s detailed cost book tables split these costs further by specialty and staff group; those tables overlap one another, so no lines are shown. | | | | | | |
| Community health servicesDetails | £20m | £21m | £890 | +3.4% | [Public Health Scotland](https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/media/39985/r100t_24_25.xlsx) | Line or transaction not published: Public Health Scotland’s detailed cost book tables split these costs further by specialty and staff group; those tables overlap one another, so no lines are shown. |
| Real terms (2025-26 prices)£21mPer resident£890Real change on a year earlier+3.4%Source[Public Health Scotland](https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/media/39985/r100t_24_25.xlsx)Below thisLine or transaction not published: Public Health Scotland’s detailed cost book tables split these costs further by specialty and staff group; those tables overlap one another, so no lines are shown. | | | | | | |
| Resource transfer to councilsDetails | £3m | £3m | £128 | −5.4% | [Public Health Scotland](https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/media/39985/r100t_24_25.xlsx) | Line or transaction not published: Public Health Scotland’s detailed cost book tables split these costs further by specialty and staff group; those tables overlap one another, so no lines are shown. |
| Real terms (2025-26 prices)£3mPer resident£128Real change on a year earlier−5.4%Source[Public Health Scotland](https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/media/39985/r100t_24_25.xlsx)Below thisLine or transaction not published: Public Health Scotland’s detailed cost book tables split these costs further by specialty and staff group; those tables overlap one another, so no lines are shown. | | | | | | |







Cash is as published. Real terms are in 2025-26 prices, using HM Treasury’s GDP deflator. Per resident divides by
ONS mid-year population for the area the body serves. Changes compare the same body in consecutive years.






## What is recorded alongside the money



These figures are published beside the funding, not as its result. Demand, geography, recording practice and
many other things differ between areas and change over time; none of these charts shows cause and effect.





| Measure | NHS Shetland | Scotland | Period |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| A&E: seen within four hours (Scotland)Details | 84.2% | 69.1% | 2026-07 |
| Scotland69.1%Period2026-07 | | | |
| Hospital and community staff costs (Scotland)Details | 42.7 £m | 9,590.2 £m | 2024-25 |
| Scotland9,590.2 £mPeriod2024-25 | | | |






**A&E: seen within four hours (Scotland): NHS Shetland and comparisons**








Attendances at emergency departments and minor injury units that ended within four hours of arrival, as a share of all attendances, in the month, by the NHS board of treatment (Public Health Scotland). Each nation measures this differently, so it is never compared across nations. Target: 95% within four hours (Scottish Government standard).




**The numbers behind this chart**



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| Year | NHS Shetland | Scotland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2007-07Details | 98.6% | 96.6% |
| Scotland96.6% | | |
| 2007-08Details | 97.6% | 96.3% |
| Scotland96.3% | | |
| 2007-09Details | 96.9% | 96.7% |
| Scotland96.7% | | |
| 2007-10Details | 99.1% | 97.1% |
| Scotland97.1% | | |
| 2007-11Details | 99.8% | 97.6% |
| Scotland97.6% | | |
| 2007-12Details | 99.1% | 97.8% |
| Scotland97.8% | | |
| 2008-01Details | 98.3% | 97.4% |
| Scotland97.4% | | |
| 2008-02Details | 99.3% | 97.9% |
| Scotland97.9% | | |
| 2008-03Details | 98.7% | 97.5% |
| Scotland97.5% | | |
| 2008-04Details | 98.5% | 97.7% |
| Scotland97.7% | | |
| 2008-05Details | 99.4% | 98.1% |
| Scotland98.1% | | |
| 2008-06Details | 99.5% | 98.2% |
| Scotland98.2% | | |
| 2008-07Details | 99.1% | 98.5% |
| Scotland98.5% | | |
| 2008-08Details | 98.5% | 97.8% |
| Scotland97.8% | | |
| 2008-09Details | 99.2% | 98.2% |
| Scotland98.2% | | |
| 2008-10Details | 100.0% | 98.1% |
| Scotland98.1% | | |
| 2008-11Details | 99.1% | 97.7% |
| Scotland97.7% | | |
| 2008-12Details | 99.4% | 96.6% |
| Scotland96.6% | | |
| 2009-01Details | 99.3% | 96.5% |
| Scotland96.5% | | |
| 2009-02Details | 99.8% | 97.3% |
| Scotland97.3% | | |
| 2009-03Details | 99.8% | 97.7% |
| Scotland97.7% | | |
| 2009-04Details | 99.6% | 97.3% |
| Scotland97.3% | | |
| 2009-05Details | 99.6% | 97.8% |
| Scotland97.8% | | |
| 2009-06Details | 99.7% | 97.9% |
| Scotland97.9% | | |
| 2009-07Details | 99.9% | 98.2% |
| Scotland98.2% | | |
| 2009-08Details | 99.5% | 98.0% |
| Scotland98.0% | | |
| 2009-09Details | 99.3% | 98.0% |
| Scotland98.0% | | |
| 2009-10Details | 98.8% | 97.4% |
| Scotland97.4% | | |
| 2009-11Details | 99.6% | 97.4% |
| Scotland97.4% | | |
| 2009-12Details | 99.6% | 97.2% |
| Scotland97.2% | | |
| 2010-01Details | 99.5% | 96.0% |
| Scotland96.0% | | |
| 2010-02Details | 99.5% | 96.4% |
| Scotland96.4% | | |
| 2010-03Details | 99.7% | 96.5% |
| Scotland96.5% | | |
| 2010-04Details | 99.8% | 97.1% |
| Scotland97.1% | | |
| 2010-05Details | 100.0% | 97.2% |
| Scotland97.2% | | |
| 2010-06Details | 99.3% | 97.4% |
| Scotland97.4% | | |
| 2010-07Details | 99.7% | 97.9% |
| Scotland97.9% | | |
| 2010-08Details | 99.6% | 97.0% |
| Scotland97.0% | | |
| 2010-09Details | 99.9% | 97.1% |
| Scotland97.1% | | |
| 2010-10Details | 99.4% | 96.8% |
| Scotland96.8% | | |
| 2010-11Details | 100.0% | 96.1% |
| Scotland96.1% | | |
| 2010-12Details | 99.7% | 94.8% |
| Scotland94.8% | | |
| 2011-01Details | 99.0% | 93.7% |
| Scotland93.7% | | |
| 2011-02Details | 99.7% | 95.0% |
| Scotland95.0% | | |
| 2011-03Details | 99.9% | 95.3% |
| Scotland95.3% | | |
| 2011-04Details | 99.6% | 95.9% |
| Scotland95.9% | | |
| 2011-05Details | 99.9% | 95.9% |
| Scotland95.9% | | |
| 2011-06Details | 99.5% | 96.0% |
| Scotland96.0% | | |
| 2011-07Details | 99.8% | 97.1% |
| Scotland97.1% | | |
| 2011-08Details | 98.8% | 97.0% |
| Scotland97.0% | | |
| 2011-09Details | 99.7% | 96.0% |
| Scotland96.0% | | |
| 2011-10Details | 99.2% | 95.9% |
| Scotland95.9% | | |
| 2011-11Details | 99.7% | 96.3% |
| Scotland96.3% | | |
| 2011-12Details | 99.5% | 94.7% |
| Scotland94.7% | | |
| 2012-01Details | 99.5% | 94.3% |
| Scotland94.3% | | |
| 2012-02Details | 99.7% | 94.4% |
| Scotland94.4% | | |
| 2012-03Details | 99.8% | 95.4% |
| Scotland95.4% | | |
| 2012-04Details | 99.5% | 94.2% |
| Scotland94.2% | | |
| 2012-05Details | 99.3% | 94.7% |
| Scotland94.7% | | |
| 2012-06Details | 99.4% | 95.1% |
| Scotland95.1% | | |
| 2012-07Details | 99.4% | 96.2% |
| Scotland96.2% | | |
| 2012-08Details | 100.0% | 95.5% |
| Scotland95.5% | | |
| 2012-09Details | 98.7% | 95.0% |
| Scotland95.0% | | |
| 2012-10Details | 99.2% | 94.4% |
| Scotland94.4% | | |
| 2012-11Details | 99.0% | 93.5% |
| Scotland93.5% | | |
| 2012-12Details | 98.8% | 90.3% |
| Scotland90.3% | | |
| 2013-01Details | 98.7% | 89.7% |
| Scotland89.7% | | |
| 2013-02Details | 99.6% | 91.9% |
| Scotland91.9% | | |
| 2013-03Details | 99.5% | 91.9% |
| Scotland91.9% | | |
| 2013-04Details | 99.5% | 91.6% |
| Scotland91.6% | | |
| 2013-05Details | 97.7% | 94.6% |
| Scotland94.6% | | |
| 2013-06Details | 99.1% | 94.6% |
| Scotland94.6% | | |
| 2013-07Details | 99.7% | 95.9% |
| Scotland95.9% | | |
| 2013-08Details | 99.2% | 95.1% |
| Scotland95.1% | | |
| 2013-09Details | 98.4% | 94.8% |
| Scotland94.8% | | |
| 2013-10Details | 99.1% | 93.9% |
| Scotland93.9% | | |
| 2013-11Details | 99.3% | 94.7% |
| Scotland94.7% | | |
| 2013-12Details | 98.4% | 93.5% |
| Scotland93.5% | | |
| 2014-01Details | 97.7% | 92.2% |
| Scotland92.2% | | |
| 2014-02Details | 96.8% | 91.8% |
| Scotland91.8% | | |
| 2014-03Details | 98.7% | 93.3% |
| Scotland93.3% | | |
| 2014-04Details | 96.6% | 93.0% |
| Scotland93.0% | | |
| 2014-05Details | 96.3% | 92.7% |
| Scotland92.7% | | |
| 2014-06Details | 96.3% | 94.0% |
| Scotland94.0% | | |
| 2014-07Details | 96.7% | 94.6% |
| Scotland94.6% | | |
| 2014-08Details | 96.7% | 93.2% |
| Scotland93.2% | | |
| 2014-09Details | 95.9% | 93.5% |
| Scotland93.5% | | |
| 2014-10Details | 94.6% | 91.8% |
| Scotland91.8% | | |
| 2014-11Details | 97.0% | 91.8% |
| Scotland91.8% | | |
| 2014-12Details | 98.1% | 89.9% |
| Scotland89.9% | | |
| 2015-01Details | 97.8% | 87.1% |
| Scotland87.1% | | |
| 2015-02Details | 97.7% | 87.9% |
| Scotland87.9% | | |
| 2015-03Details | 97.2% | 92.2% |
| Scotland92.2% | | |
| 2015-04Details | 97.1% | 92.8% |
| Scotland92.8% | | |
| 2015-05Details | 98.2% | 93.5% |
| Scotland93.5% | | |
| 2015-06Details | 95.9% | 94.3% |
| Scotland94.3% | | |
| 2015-07Details | 96.1% | 95.8% |
| Scotland95.8% | | |
| 2015-08Details | 93.8% | 95.2% |
| Scotland95.2% | | |
| 2015-09Details | 97.8% | 95.4% |
| Scotland95.4% | | |
| 2015-10Details | 98.2% | 94.7% |
| Scotland94.7% | | |
| 2015-11Details | 98.9% | 94.9% |
| Scotland94.9% | | |
| 2015-12Details | 94.9% | 94.9% |
| Scotland94.9% | | |
| 2016-01Details | 95.7% | 91.8% |
| Scotland91.8% | | |
| 2016-02Details | 93.5% | 92.9% |
| Scotland92.9% | | |
| 2016-03Details | 96.5% | 93.1% |
| Scotland93.1% | | |
| 2016-04Details | 92.0% | 95.1% |
| Scotland95.1% | | |
| 2016-05Details | 96.0% | 94.5% |
| Scotland94.5% | | |
| 2016-06Details | 94.4% | 95.7% |
| Scotland95.7% | | |
| 2016-07Details | 95.6% | 95.8% |
| Scotland95.8% | | |
| 2016-08Details | 95.7% | 94.8% |
| Scotland94.8% | | |
| 2016-09Details | 95.0% | 94.9% |
| Scotland94.9% | | |
| 2016-10Details | 96.7% | 93.9% |
| Scotland93.9% | | |
| 2016-11Details | 98.0% | 93.6% |
| Scotland93.6% | | |
| 2016-12Details | 97.7% | 92.6% |
| Scotland92.6% | | |
| 2017-01Details | 96.6% | 91.9% |
| Scotland91.9% | | |
| 2017-02Details | 98.6% | 92.5% |
| Scotland92.5% | | |
| 2017-03Details | 97.1% | 93.8% |
| Scotland93.8% | | |
| 2017-04Details | 97.4% | 93.4% |
| Scotland93.4% | | |
| 2017-05Details | 96.5% | 94.0% |
| Scotland94.0% | | |
| 2017-06Details | 98.0% | 95.5% |
| Scotland95.5% | | |
| 2017-07Details | 97.1% | 95.7% |
| Scotland95.7% | | |
| 2017-08Details | 93.8% | 95.0% |
| Scotland95.0% | | |
| 2017-09Details | 98.2% | 93.5% |
| Scotland93.5% | | |
| 2017-10Details | 97.6% | 94.4% |
| Scotland94.4% | | |
| 2017-11Details | 96.6% | 93.3% |
| Scotland93.3% | | |
| 2017-12Details | 94.9% | 85.1% |
| Scotland85.1% | | |
| 2018-01Details | 96.4% | 87.2% |
| Scotland87.2% | | |
| 2018-02Details | 98.0% | 90.3% |
| Scotland90.3% | | |
| 2018-03Details | 94.4% | 87.9% |
| Scotland87.9% | | |
| 2018-04Details | 95.5% | 90.0% |
| Scotland90.0% | | |
| 2018-05Details | 96.5% | 93.1% |
| Scotland93.1% | | |
| 2018-06Details | 95.9% | 92.8% |
| Scotland92.8% | | |
| 2018-07Details | 94.8% | 93.0% |
| Scotland93.0% | | |
| 2018-08Details | 98.0% | 92.0% |
| Scotland92.0% | | |
| 2018-09Details | 96.6% | 90.9% |
| Scotland90.9% | | |
| 2018-10Details | 95.9% | 92.2% |
| Scotland92.2% | | |
| 2018-11Details | 97.2% | 91.3% |
| Scotland91.3% | | |
| 2018-12Details | 97.5% | 89.6% |
| Scotland89.6% | | |
| 2019-01Details | 95.8% | 88.8% |
| Scotland88.8% | | |
| 2019-02Details | 94.0% | 89.3% |
| Scotland89.3% | | |
| 2019-03Details | 97.0% | 91.3% |
| Scotland91.3% | | |
| 2019-04Details | 95.7% | 89.9% |
| Scotland89.9% | | |
| 2019-05Details | 97.4% | 90.7% |
| Scotland90.7% | | |
| 2019-06Details | 98.7% | 90.3% |
| Scotland90.3% | | |
| 2019-07Details | 96.6% | 91.2% |
| Scotland91.2% | | |
| 2019-08Details | 95.5% | 90.6% |
| Scotland90.6% | | |
| 2019-09Details | 95.4% | 89.3% |
| Scotland89.3% | | |
| 2019-10Details | 92.2% | 87.7% |
| Scotland87.7% | | |
| 2019-11Details | 96.4% | 85.5% |
| Scotland85.5% | | |
| 2019-12Details | 94.6% | 83.8% |
| Scotland83.8% | | |
| 2020-01Details | 94.7% | 86.1% |
| Scotland86.1% | | |
| 2020-02Details | 92.4% | 87.1% |
| Scotland87.1% | | |
| 2020-03Details | 90.9% | 89.2% |
| Scotland89.2% | | |
| 2020-04Details | 92.9% | 94.9% |
| Scotland94.9% | | |
| 2020-05Details | 98.9% | 95.7% |
| Scotland95.7% | | |
| 2020-06Details | 98.1% | 95.6% |
| Scotland95.6% | | |
| 2020-07Details | 99.6% | 95.1% |
| Scotland95.1% | | |
| 2020-08Details | 98.5% | 92.9% |
| Scotland92.9% | | |
| 2020-09Details | 98.5% | 92.1% |
| Scotland92.1% | | |
| 2020-10Details | 99.1% | 89.6% |
| Scotland89.6% | | |
| 2020-11Details | 97.7% | 89.8% |
| Scotland89.8% | | |
| 2020-12Details | 98.3% | 86.5% |
| Scotland86.5% | | |
| 2021-01Details | 98.9% | 86.2% |
| Scotland86.2% | | |
| 2021-02Details | 98.3% | 86.3% |
| Scotland86.3% | | |
| 2021-03Details | 98.4% | 88.6% |
| Scotland88.6% | | |
| 2021-04Details | 99.2% | 88.9% |
| Scotland88.9% | | |
| 2021-05Details | 98.9% | 87.3% |
| Scotland87.3% | | |
| 2021-06Details | 99.3% | 85.2% |
| Scotland85.2% | | |
| 2021-07Details | 97.1% | 81.8% |
| Scotland81.8% | | |
| 2021-08Details | 97.6% | 78.1% |
| Scotland78.1% | | |
| 2021-09Details | 97.8% | 76.4% |
| Scotland76.4% | | |
| 2021-10Details | 95.8% | 73.8% |
| Scotland73.8% | | |
| 2021-11Details | 96.7% | 76.2% |
| Scotland76.2% | | |
| 2021-12Details | 96.6% | 76.0% |
| Scotland76.0% | | |
| 2022-01Details | 98.0% | 76.3% |
| Scotland76.3% | | |
| 2022-02Details | 98.1% | 74.5% |
| Scotland74.5% | | |
| 2022-03Details | 96.0% | 71.9% |
| Scotland71.9% | | |
| 2022-04Details | 95.7% | 72.5% |
| Scotland72.5% | | |
| 2022-05Details | 94.8% | 73.3% |
| Scotland73.3% | | |
| 2022-06Details | 94.7% | 71.6% |
| Scotland71.6% | | |
| 2022-07Details | 92.6% | 70.3% |
| Scotland70.3% | | |
| 2022-08Details | 93.2% | 69.9% |
| Scotland69.9% | | |
| 2022-09Details | 93.3% | 69.3% |
| Scotland69.3% | | |
| 2022-10Details | 92.1% | 67.8% |
| Scotland67.8% | | |
| 2022-11Details | 92.1% | 67.8% |
| Scotland67.8% | | |
| 2022-12Details | 88.5% | 62.4% |
| Scotland62.4% | | |
| 2023-01Details | 86.6% | 69.0% |
| Scotland69.0% | | |
| 2023-02Details | 90.8% | 69.9% |
| Scotland69.9% | | |
| 2023-03Details | 87.0% | 68.3% |
| Scotland68.3% | | |
| 2023-04Details | 90.6% | 69.6% |
| Scotland69.6% | | |
| 2023-05Details | 90.6% | 71.1% |
| Scotland71.1% | | |
| 2023-06Details | 89.2% | 72.9% |
| Scotland72.9% | | |
| 2023-07Details | 85.7% | 73.1% |
| Scotland73.1% | | |
| 2023-08Details | 83.2% | 71.7% |
| Scotland71.7% | | |
| 2023-09Details | 80.3% | 70.5% |
| Scotland70.5% | | |
| 2023-10Details | 84.6% | 68.8% |
| Scotland68.8% | | |
| 2023-11Details | 85.9% | 67.8% |
| Scotland67.8% | | |
| 2023-12Details | 84.1% | 66.5% |
| Scotland66.5% | | |
| 2024-01Details | 84.7% | 66.0% |
| Scotland66.0% | | |
| 2024-02Details | 88.0% | 67.6% |
| Scotland67.6% | | |
| 2024-03Details | 91.4% | 68.0% |
| Scotland68.0% | | |
| 2024-04Details | 89.5% | 68.0% |
| Scotland68.0% | | |
| 2024-05Details | 90.4% | 71.7% |
| Scotland71.7% | | |
| 2024-06Details | 88.0% | 69.9% |
| Scotland69.9% | | |
| 2024-07Details | 87.4% | 70.5% |
| Scotland70.5% | | |
| 2024-08Details | 90.3% | 70.4% |
| Scotland70.4% | | |
| 2024-09Details | 86.9% | 70.3% |
| Scotland70.3% | | |
| 2024-10Details | 85.0% | 67.5% |
| Scotland67.5% | | |
| 2024-11Details | 91.6% | 67.1% |
| Scotland67.1% | | |
| 2024-12Details | 87.1% | 63.4% |
| Scotland63.4% | | |
| 2025-01Details | 86.3% | 66.3% |
| Scotland66.3% | | |
| 2025-02Details | 85.3% | 67.7% |
| Scotland67.7% | | |
| 2025-03Details | 82.2% | 70.6% |
| Scotland70.6% | | |
| 2025-04Details | 82.6% | 71.1% |
| Scotland71.1% | | |
| 2025-05Details | 85.8% | 71.9% |
| Scotland71.9% | | |
| 2025-06Details | 81.7% | 70.8% |
| Scotland70.8% | | |
| 2025-07Details | 87.0% | 71.2% |
| Scotland71.2% | | |
| 2025-08Details | 85.1% | 68.9% |
| Scotland68.9% | | |
| 2025-09Details | 83.9% | 67.8% |
| Scotland67.8% | | |
| 2025-10Details | 86.0% | 66.7% |
| Scotland66.7% | | |
| 2025-11Details | 81.0% | 66.6% |
| Scotland66.6% | | |
| 2025-12Details | 83.7% | 66.9% |
| Scotland66.9% | | |
| 2026-01Details | 88.8% | 65.0% |
| Scotland65.0% | | |
| 2026-02Details | 81.5% | 66.4% |
| Scotland66.4% | | |
| 2026-03Details | 87.3% | 67.5% |
| Scotland67.5% | | |
| 2026-04Details | 81.7% | 68.0% |
| Scotland68.0% | | |
| 2026-05Details | 82.9% | 67.6% |
| Scotland67.6% | | |
| 2026-06Details | 86.9% | 67.9% |
| Scotland67.9% | | |
| 2026-07Details | 84.2% | 69.1% |
| Scotland69.1% | | |











Figure as of unknown date. Source:
[Public Health Scotland](https://www.opendata.nhs.scot/datastore/dump/37ba17b1-c323-492c-87d5-e986aae9ab59).





**Hospital and community staff costs (Scotland): NHS Shetland and comparisons**








Staff costs in the hospital and community sectors of each NHS board, outturn, cash (Public Health Scotland health service costs). Excludes family health services, whose staff are contractors.




**The numbers behind this chart**





| Year | NHS Shetland | Scotland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2020-21Details | 35.5 | 7,226.7 |
| Scotland7,226.7 | | |
| 2021-22Details | 39.7 | 7,694.7 |
| Scotland7,694.7 | | |
| 2022-23Details | 40.8 | 8,228.1 |
| Scotland8,228.1 | | |
| 2023-24Details | 40.2 | 8,953.7 |
| Scotland8,953.7 | | |
| 2024-25Details | 42.7 | 9,590.2 |
| Scotland9,590.2 | | |






Figure as of unknown date. Source:
[Public Health Scotland](https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/media/39985/r100t_24_25.xlsx).






## What these figures do and don't show



- **Each nation runs its own NHS.** Budgets, targets and waiting-time measures differ between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, so performance is compared within a nation, never across them.
- **Allocations are not spending.** An integrated care board’s allocation is what it is given to plan and buy care; outturn is what was spent. They are labelled and never added together.
- **Per head needs a named denominator.** Figures here divide by ONS resident population; the NHS’s own per-head figures often use GP-registered patients, which run higher.
- **Covid years are different.** Health spending from 2020-21 to 2022-23 includes testing, vaccines and protective equipment.
- **Nothing here shows cause and effect.** Money, staff and waiting times are shown side by side; demand, age and ill-health differ between areas.




Where this sits: Health, United Kingdom → Health, Scotland → NHS Scotland health boards → NHS Shetland. Figures from data/services/nhs.json, generated 29 September 2026.



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## Sources for this page





| Source | Publisher | Figures as of | Updated | Licence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Scottish health service costs 2024-25: R100T five-year trend by board and R086 board operating costs](https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/media/39985/r100t_24_25.xlsx) | Public Health Scotland | — | annual | [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) |
| [Monthly A&E activity and waiting times](https://www.opendata.nhs.scot/datastore/dump/37ba17b1-c323-492c-87d5-e986aae9ab59) | Public Health Scotland | — | annual | [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) |
| [Stage of treatment waiting times: cross-boundary flow data file (ongoing waits by NHS board of residence)](https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/media/40086/cross-boundary_flow_jul26-data-file-up-to-30-june-2026.xlsx) | Public Health Scotland | — | annual | [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) |





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