HSP recommendation to Scottish Ministers on Professional judgement tool: July 2025
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Document Type
HSP recommendations
Improvement support
Summary
We recommend to Scottish Ministers the inclusion of the revised Professional Judgement Tool Version 4 to replace version 3. The tool is hosted on the Scottish Standard Time System (SSTS) and will be live from 30 October 2025. The revised tool will include enhanced functionality such as:
- ‘other’ tab for recording of non-nursing and/or medical staff with 0% PAA
- removal of 4-hour blocks
- introduction of recording shifts
- user recording of unpaid breaks
The paper was produced by the Healthcare Staffing Programme. It outlines the detail of how work was undertaken and the evidence to support the recommendations.
These are technical documents designed to be used by specialist staff. If you need further information on the tools, contact his.hsp@nhs.scot