Scotland’s health boards' annual spend on locum psychiatrists

Highest three locum spenders in cash terms, finanical year (£m)

£10m

Fife

£9.5m

Fife's spending on

locum psychiatrists nearly

doubled between

2022/23 and 2023/24

Tayside

£7.7m

7.5

Grampian

£5.4m

5

2.5

0

19-20

20-21

21-22

22-23

2023-24

£10m

Fife

£9.5m

Fife's spending on locum psychiatrists nearly doubled between 2022/23 and 2023/24

Tayside

£7.7m

7.5

Grampian

£5.4m

5

2.5

0

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

2023-24

Guardian graphic. Source: Guardian FoIs to Scottish health boards. Note: Not adjusted for inflation