Question reference: S6W-03967
- Asked by: David Torrance, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 25 October 2021
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Current status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Humza Yousaf on 26 October 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what further financial support will be made available to NHS boards and integration authorities in responding to COVID-19 in 2021-22.
Answer
Following the allocation of £2.1 billion provided to date to NHS Boards and Integration Authorities to support additional COVID-19 costs, a further £482 million is now being provided to NHS Boards and Integration Authorities in 2021-22 to meet ongoing costs associated with Covid-19. This includes funding for PPE, Test and Protect and delivery of Covid-19 vaccinations.
The Scottish Government will continue to ensure that our health and care services have the funding that they require to respond to this pandemic.
Details of funding allocations to NHS Boards and Integration Authorities are set out in the following table:
All figures in £ millions | NHS Boards | Integration Authorities | Total |
NHS Ayrshire and Arran | 19.6 | 5.0 | 24.6 |
NHS Borders | 3.4 | 1.8 | 5.2 |
NHS Dumfries and Galloway | 1.8 | 2.0 | 3.8 |
NHS Fife | 6.8 | 7.0 | 13.8 |
NHS Forth Valley | 9.8 | 0.3 | 10.1 |
NHS Grampian | 31.6 | 5.4 | 37.0 |
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 71.6 | 13.3 | 84.9 |
NHS Highland | 20.6 | 10.0 | 30.6 |
NHS Lanarkshire | 10.7 | 19.6 | 30.3 |
NHS Lothian | 46.6 | 9.7 | 56.3 |
NHS Orkney | 2.7 | 1.2 | 3.9 |
NHS Shetland | 1.6 | 1.6 | 3.2 |
NHS Tayside | 15.8 | 15.1 | 30.9 |
NHS Western Isles | 1.7 | 0.8 | 2.5 |
NHS National Services Scotland | 109.4 | - | 109.4 |
Scottish Ambulance Service | 22.5 | - | 22.5 |
NHS Education for Scotland | - | - | - |
NHS 24 | 1.1 | - | 1.1 |
The State Hospital | 0.4 | - | 0.4 |
National Waiting Times Centre | 2.6 | - | 2.6 |
Public Health Scotland | 8.9 | - | 8.9 |
Healthcare Improvement Scotland | - | - | - |
Total | 389.2 | 92.8 | 482.0 |