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I see huge potential in the work to develop digital services, including in our prescribing processes and the “Digital Front Door”, a flexible platform where our citizens can access joined up digital products and services.
There are market pressures and labour pressures; there are funding pressures on individual councils; the cost of the workforce has gone up; and inflation has led to an increase in the workforce bill.
HSCPs allocate appropriate In addition to this we provide local authorities with £3.696million of Self- budget in order to deliver on directed Support: Transformational Funding annually, to assist with the social care commitments. development and implementation of SDS in their area.
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We also heard that interoperability of systems is an area where some progress is being made, though this remains challenging particularly with limited funds.1Scottish Parliament. (2025, January 7).
In the absence of workable, affordable insurance - and because funding provided was, by necessity, relief, emergency or cancellation funding - it still has not fully replaced lost income usually reinvested for the future.
The Cabinet Secretary further indicated that the Scottish Government has set up a programme to develop an implementation process for PAs and AAs in NHS Scotland:
Our wider approach to the development of the workforce will be informed by our newly established medical associate ...
The Scottish Government also launched a wellbeing fund of £1 million in 2022. The Workforce Wellbeing Fund for Adult Social Work and Social Care is a fund for activities or items designed to improve the wellbeing of the workforce.