Question reference: S2W-31567
- Asked by: Bristow Muldoon, MSP for Livingston, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 31 January 2007
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Current status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 1 February 2007
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what funds are being made available to NHS boards for 2007-08.
Answer
NHS boards have been given ageneral allocation of £6,870.4 million for 2007-08, an average increase over theequivalent 2006-07 allocation of 6.44%. Details of each NHS board’s allocation isas follows:
|
| Allocation (£ Million) | Increase (£ Million) | Increase % |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 530.2 | 31.6 | 6.34% |
| Borders | 154.1 | 10.1 | 7.00% |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 221.2 | 13.1 | 6.28% |
| Fife | 462.4 | 30.2 | 7.00% |
| Forth Valley | 363.0 | 23.7 | 7.00% |
| Grampian | 627.3 | 39.6 | 6.74% |
| Greater Glasgow | 1,734.9 | 98.2 | 6.00% |
| Highland | 445.8 | 25.2 | 6.00% |
| Lanarkshire | 735.0 | 46.2 | 6.71% |
| Lothian | 930.9 | 60.2 | 6.91% |
| Orkney | 28.7 | 1.7 | 6.24% |
| Shetland | 33.9 | 1.9 | 6.00% |
| Tayside | 549.4 | 31.1 | 6.00% |
| Western Isles | 53.6 | 3.0 | 6.00% |
|
| 6,870.4 | 415.8 | 6.44% |
Note: The general allocationincludes provision for Hospital and Community Health Services and the cost of drugsprescribed by general practitioners.
Allocations to Special HealthBoards for 2007-08 are as follows:
|
| Allocation (£ Million) | Increase (£ Million) | Increase % |
| NHS National Services Scotland | 236.3 | 11.8 | 5.20 |
| NHS Education for Scotland | 350.5 | 19.8 | 6.00 |
| State Hospital | 32.7 | 1.9 | 6.00 |
| Scottish Ambulance Service | 177.8 | 10.1 | 6.00 |
| NHS Quality Improvement Scotland | 15.7 | 0.5 | 3.60 |
| NHS Health Scotland | 16.8 | 0.6 | 3.60 |
| NHS 24 | 51.7 | 2.9 | 6.00 |
| National Waiting Times Centre | 38.8 | 2.2 | 6.00 |
|
| 920.3 | 49.8 | 5.72 |