Question reference: S4W-30092
- Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 25 February 2016
-
Current status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Shona Robison on 26 February 2016
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it is making available to NHS boards for 2016-17.
Answer
Territorial boards have been given a general allocation increase of £474 million for 2016-17, an overall average increase over the 2015-16 allocation of 5.5 per cent. This includes investment of £250 million to be directed to health and social care partnerships, to ensure improved outcomes in social care and support integration.
Special boards’ baseline allocations have increased by 3.8 per cent.
Details of boards’ revenue resource and capital allocations for 2016-17 are provided in the following tables:
Revenue Resource:
|
|
General |
Total |
|
|
Allocation |
Uplift |
|
Territorial Boards |
£ million |
% |
|
Ayrshire and Arran |
669.0 |
5.3% |
|
Borders |
193.9 |
5.3% |
|
Dumfries and Galloway |
279.4 |
5.1% |
|
Fife |
604.3 |
5.1% |
|
Forth Valley |
485.2 |
5.1% |
|
Grampian |
882.3 |
6.6% |
|
Greater Glasgow and Clyde |
2,079.2 |
5.2% |
|
Highland |
577.5 |
5.0% |
|
Lanarkshire |
1,107.0 |
5.2% |
|
Lothian |
1,303.4 |
6.3% |
|
Orkney |
43.2 |
4.6% |
|
Shetland |
42.6 |
4.5% |
|
Tayside |
699.1 |
5.8% |
|
Western Isles |
66.6 |
4.6% |
|
Total |
9,032.6 |
5.5% |
|
Special Boards |
|
|
|
National Waiting Times Centre Board |
46.5 |
1.3% |
|
Scottish Ambulance Service |
223.5 |
5.4% |
|
NHS National Services Scotland |
293.4 |
3.5% |
|
Healthcare Improvement Scotland |
15.5 |
2.2% |
|
The State Hospital |
34.3 |
0.3% |
|
NHS 24 |
64.6 |
3.0% |
|
NHS Education for Scotland |
408.7 |
4.1% |
|
NHS Health Scotland |
18.2 |
1.0% |
|
Total |
1,104.7 |
3.8% |
Capital Resource:
|
Territorial Boards |
£ million |
|
Ayrshire and Arran |
8.3 |
|
Borders |
2.4 |
|
Dumfries and Galloway |
3.5 |
|
Fife |
7.4 |
|
Forth Valley |
6.1 |
|
Grampian |
12.7 |
|
Greater Glasgow and Clyde |
37.4 |
|
Highland |
6.6 |
|
Lanarkshire |
12.4 |
|
Lothian |
23.5 |
|
Orkney |
1.0 |
|
Shetland |
1.0 |
|
Tayside |
9.5 |
|
Western Isles |
1.2 |
|
Total |
133.0 |
|
Special Boards |
|
|
National Waiting Times Centre |
2.7 |
|
Scottish Ambulance Service |
1.8 |
|
National Services Scotland |
3.3 |
|
Healthcare Improvement Scotland |
0.2 |
|
The State Hospital |
0.3 |
|
NHS 24 |
0.3 |
|
NHS Education for Scotland |
0.0 |
|
NHS Health Scotland |
0.6 |
|
Total |
9.2 |
In addition to the resource allocations, there will be recurring allocations of £28.9 million which will be applied to boards’ baseline budgets in 2016-17.
Further to the capital allocations above, a further £352.3 million held centrally will be used to support infrastructure investment across the sector. This includes the non-profit distributing programme to support the new Edinburgh Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, National Blood Transfusion Centre, and the replacement Balfour Hospital in Orkney.