Question reference: S5W-20725
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 20 December 2018
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 17 January 2019
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what services (a) it and (b) its agencies have used from the US-based organisation, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, in each year since 2007; how much each service has cost, and how much has been paid in travel and subsistence expenses to the officials dealing with these.
Answer
The Scottish Government has a strategic partnership with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) based in the USA. This current framework contract has been in place since 2018 and covers all public services in Scotland and relates to quality improvement work. The previous partnership was from 2013 to 2018. Prior to 2013, individual public sector organisations contracted directly with the IHI under separate arrangements, the details of which are not held centrally.
Prior to the introduction of the first framework contract, the Scottish Government paid for quality improvement support from IHI in relation to the Early Years Collaborative.
The costs incurred by the Scottish Government with IHI under this framework contract each calendar year since 2013 are as follows:
2012 | £46,800.00 | Early Years collaborative support |
2013 | £171,846.95 | |
2014 | £792,540.31 | |
2015 | £359,700.76 | |
2016 | £286,398.31 | |
2017 | £291,206.53 | |
2018 | £295,428.57 | |
TOTAL | £2,243,921.43 |
Costs incurred by agencies are an operational matter for the relevant Chief Executive.
Information on expenses incurred by officials is not held in the format requested.