Chamber and committees

Question reference: S5W-14089

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 25 January 2018
Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 February 2018

Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much each NHS board has spent on (a) agency and (b) bank staff in each year since 1999.

Answer

Agency spend figures for each NHS Board are only available from 2006-7 to 2016-17 and are given in the following table. Information on NHS Board spend on bank staff is not held centrally.

Agency Spend by NHS Board (in £’000)

2016-17

2015-16

2014-15

2013-14

2012-13

2011-12

2010-11

2009-10

2008-9

2007-8

2006-7

Ayrshire & Arran	13,609	10,148	5,889	6,234	4,288	4,474	5,052	6,015	5,551	6,395
Borders	5,067	3,708	2,977	4,045	2,075	1,501	1,572	1,559	1,394	1,455

6,637

1,358

Dumfries & Galloway	10,686	9,907	8,465	5,691	4,965	4,012	4,034	4,034	2,314	3,105	2,523
Fife	7,275	9,112	8,336	4,924	4,236	3,146	3,064	3,617	3,442	3,830	4,355
Forth Valley	4,779	5,732	5,286	5,179	3,780	3,416	2,360	2,582	3,141	7,386	7,619
Grampian	23,132	19,009	10,697	7,321	4,477	3,805	3,898	1,367	2,390	2,170	2,464
Greater Glasgow & Clyde	28,836	30,841	22,605	17,419	14,357	11,502	14,187	23,007	22,687	22,390	19,729
Highland	16,393	15,509	9,859	9,593	5,275	3,669	4,591	6,003	5,123	7,712	7,284
Lanark	14,952	16,128	8,540	6,491	5,864	4,541	4,635	6,048	5,867	4,355	3,843
Lothian	19,141	26,743	25,700	26,679	25,545	22,539	20,325	18,582	16,878	13,794	17,588
Orkney	2,253	1,302	762	1,375	1,060	460	541	507	467	312	731
Shetland	2,407	1,925	2,092	1,649	1,128	1,340	1,477	1,554	958	1,007	1,351
Tayside	9,001	9,716	7,064	4,197	3,078	2,896	3,144	3,464	3,693	3,674	4,246
Western Isles	2,702	2,334	1,799	1,641	1,909	1,434	864	1,138	1,331	1,116	902
National Services Scotland	4,439	5,445	5,531	3,878	2,565	3,197	5,903	8,656	8,051	8,992	2,684
Scottish Ambulance Service	59	101	-	500	517	242	255	348	339	278	244
NHS Education Scotland	2,654	2,135	1,855	2,034	1,541	1,162	1,066	1,414	1,907	1,255	1,039
NHS24	927	1,120	584	1,126	476	624	462	820	279	975	1,362
National Waiting Times Centre Board	2,363	2,867	3,096	2,530	2,451	3,009	3,594	5,150	6,152	7,008	7,737
State Hospital	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	40	255	101	89
Health Scotland	416	277	425	235	177	131	232	646	850	557	402
Health Information Scotland	289	180	222	201	275	129	165	336	413	624	511
TOTAL	171,380	174,239	131,784	112,942	90,039	77,229	81,426	96,887	93,482	98,491	94,698

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