Enhancements to staff terms and conditions provide benefits to staff by recognising their contribution through fair pay, greater flexibility and improved development opportunities; they also help deliver benefits to patients by creating a more motivated and better skilled workforce, and a platform for new working practices that can drive more responsive patient-centred services. The annual NHS staff costs over the last five years for each NHS board, expressed also as a percentage of each board’s total budget, was as follows:NHS Boards: 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Staff Costs (£000) % of Budget Staff Costs (£000) % of Budget Staff Costs (£000) % of Budget Argyll and Clyde 196,389 46% 210,323 51% 232,522 53% Ayrshire and Arran 160,343 45% 170,860 48% 187,936 49% Borders 51,103 48% 53,541 53% 58,083 53% Dumfries and Galloway 72,928 48% 75,442 51% 80,803 51% Fife 135,664 43% 142,386 47% 159,195 49% Forth Valley 121,359 46% 128,107 51% 137,829 51% Grampian 246,319 51% 259,194 56% 285,639 57% Glasgow 548,569 56% 582,413 61% 649,892 63% Highland 103,652 49% 112,585 55% 125,626 57% Lanarkshire 206,465 41% 220,507 43% 241,024 45% Lothian 402,324 56% 427,897 60% 471,172 63% Orkney 8,781 38% 9,564 44% 10,982 46% Shetland 10,112 37% 10,818 40% 11,633 39% Tayside 240,117 57% 250,924 59% 276,133 62% Western Isles 16,365 41% 17,318 42% 20,165 45% Total 2,520,490 2,671,879 2,948,634 2003-04 2004-05 Staff Costs (£000) % of Budget Staff Costs (£000) % of Budget Argyll and Clyde 250,193 53% 283,828 54% Ayrshire and Arran 205,796 49% 237,057 47% Borders 65,828 53% 73,650 50% Dumfries and Galloway 87,744 49% 102,464 48% Fife 172,915 48% 203,255 48% Forth Valley 155,002 54% 172,447 51% Grampian 312,267 59% 356,959 59% Glasgow 733,215 67% 815,872 64% Highland 140,083 57% 168,059 55% Lanarkshire 264,719 47% 304,685 46% Lothian 522,475 57% 588,316 62% Orkney 11,446 45% 14,680 47% Shetland 12,775 40% 16,366 45% Tayside 306,683 65% 344,777 63% Western Isles 21,673 46% 25,179 47% Total 3,262,814 3,707,594 NHS Special Health Boards 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Staff Costs (£000) % of Budget Staff Costs (£000) % of Budget Staff Costs (£000) % of Budget Golden Jubilee - - 11,429 67% NHS Health Scotland 1,805 18% 1,963 16% 2,433 18% Mental Welfare Commission 1,164 74% 1,291 68% 1,539 71% NHS Education Scotland 5,769 4% 7,108 5% 10,975 6% NHS National Services Scotland 57,171 35% 63,043 38% 69,567 39% Quality Improvement Scotland 613 23% 1,716 36% 2,635 35% Scottish Ambulance Service 63,954 66% 68,017 66% 74,784 67% State Hospital 14,526 71% 15,600 69% 16,769 70% NHS 24 1,249 14% 11,454 44% Specials Total 145,002 159,987 201,585 2003-04 2004-05 Staff Costs (£000) % of Budget Staff Costs (£000) % of Budget Golden Jubilee 18,589 65% 22,184 67% NHS Health Scotland 3,704 27% 3,636 21% Mental Welfare Commission 1,857 73% 2,312 54% NHS Education Scotland 12,872 6% 15,069 5% NHS National Services Scotland 74,405 38% 92,407 41% Quality Improvement Scotland 3,517 34% 5,245 43% Scottish Ambulance Service 82,861 69% 102,882 72% State Hospital 17,926 67% 20,915 65% NHS 24 20,464 53% 27,202 58% Specials Total 236,195 291,852 Reason for IncreaseA range of factors impact upon staff costs.