Question reference: S6W-26670
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 11 April 2024
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Current status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 25 April 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has provided to each NHS board in each of the last three years to support an increase in the provision of insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors.
Answer
In the last three years, the Scottish Government has invested £19.6 million of additional funding specifically to increase the provision of insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors. This funding consisted of £5.1 million in 2020 to 2021 and £14.5 million in 2021 to 2022. It was allocated based on the percentage of patients with Type 1 diabetes within each given NHS Board area relative to the Scottish population. This data was taken from the Scottish Diabetes Survey 2020, which can be found here: https://www.diabetesinscotland.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Diabetes-Scottish-Diabetes-Survey-2020.pdf .
The £5.1 million of additional funding in 2020 to 2021 was allocated as per the breakdown below:
Health Board | Total funding |
NHS Ayrshire & Arran | £308,700 |
NHS Borders | £91,325 |
NHS Dumfries & Galloway | £123,625 |
NHS Fife | £293,550 |
NHS Forth Valley | £252,725 |
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde | £872,025 |
NHS Grampian | £461,050 |
NHS Highland | £279,975 |
NHS Lanarkshire | £581,100 |
NHS Lothian | £663,275 |
NHS Orkney | £17,150 |
NHS Shetland | £19,675 |
NHS Tayside | £298,600 |
NHS Western Isles | £24,725 |
Total excluding VAT | £4,287,500 |
Total including VAT | £5,145,000 |
The £14.5 million of additional funding in 2021 to 2022 was allocated as per breakdown below:
Health Board | Total funding |
NHS Ayrshire & Arran | £824,253 |
NHS Borders | £269,404 |
NHS Dumfries & Galloway | £371,118 |
NHS Fife | £832,513 |
NHS Forth Valley | £719,165 |
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde | £2,478,769 |
NHS Grampian | £1,327,914 |
NHS Highland | £808,477 |
NHS Lanarkshire | £1,669,927 |
NHS Lothian | £1,886,890 |
NHS Orkney | £46,940 |
NHS Shetland | £49,008 |
NHS Tayside | £849,048 |
NHS Western Isles | £66,577 |
Total excluding VAT | £12,200,000 |
Total including VAT | £14,640,000 |
It is important to note that this funding was in addition to and not a replacement for local budgets. As you will be aware, the Scottish Government provides baseline funding to NHS Boards, and it is for individual Boards to determine how best to utilise this funding to meet the needs and priorities of their local populations. This includes ensuring those with Type 1 diabetes have access to the most appropriate treatment and care, including diabetes technologies.