Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of NHS funding is spent on general practice.
Information on General Practice (Primary Medical Services) expenditure in 2014-15 is shown in the following table:
|
Total Operating Expenditure1 (£000) |
General Practice Expenditure2 (£000) |
General Practice Expenditure2 (%) |
|
£10,800,916 |
£852,570 |
7.89% |
The Scottish Health Service Costs (Costs Book) publication analyses around 94% of NHS Scotland net operating costs and reflects health care expenditure within the 14 geographic health board areas and two of the eight special boards, the State Hospital and Golden Jubilee National Hospital.
General Practice Expenditure includes: Global Sum payment, Minimum Practice Income Guarantee, Quality, Enhanced Services, Seniority, Doctors Retainer Scheme Payments, GP Out of Hours Services, Premises, IM&T & Scottish Quality Prescribing Initiative.
Source: 2014-15 Costs Book, report R100: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Finance/Publications/2015-11-24/Costs_R100_2015.xlsx