NHS Lothian

• The board’s basic allocation from the Scottish Government for 2010-11 is £1,018.2m
• The board must save £31m, or 3% of their basic allocation, to break even in 2010-11
• There are 8779.7 WTE nursing and midwifery staff in post at 31 March 2011. 
• A reduction of 90.4 WTE nursing and midwifery staff in post has occurred between 30 September 2010 and 31 March 2011, which is a 1.0% decrease in nursing and midwifery WTE. 
• Nursing and midwifery account for 33.6% of WTE reductions across all staff groups over this six month period.