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Primary care premises receive £19m
18/12/2003
A £19 million boost for NHS Boards to invest in premises
to deliver more primary care services or where patients can
access both primary care and local authority services has
been announced today.
A total of £15 million is being made available over the
two-year period 2004-6 to provide top up funding for joint
working projects agreed between NHS Boards and their
partner local authorities.
There are a number of good examples of this type of
joint working including the Dalmellington Resource Centre
in East Ayrshire and the Strathbock Partnership Centre in
Broxburn, West Lothian. Within these facilities patients
are able to access not only GP, practice nurse, community
care or mental health services, but also a wide range of
local authority services in the same building.
A further £4 million is being made available to pump
prime the development of Community Health Service Centres
which will bring together treatment, diagnosis and support
services in a single centre. This funding will also help
rural areas to develop outreach facilities using IT and
video link technology.
Announcing the funding, Health Minister Malcolm Chisholm
said:
"As we modernise how primary care services are delivered
in Scotland, I want to ensure that those services are
delivered in modernised, up to date premises.
"Patients have already seen, and are using, new and
improved premises across Scotland which benefited from the
Executive's Modernisation Programme. It has meant better
service delivery and more accessible services for
patients.
"I want patients to continue to benefit from this
programme. The development of community health service
centres and the investment in remote and rural areas will
ensure a wider range of services is available in local
communities."
Over the two-year period NHS Boards will receive the
following funding to cover both joint premises and the
development of Community Health Service
Centres:
Argyll and Clyde £1,756,000
Ayrshire and Arran £1,616,000
Borders £458,000
Dumfries and Galloway £678,000
Fife £1,326,000
Forth Valley £1,100,000
Grampian £1,962,000
Greater Glasgow £4,386,000
Highland £998,000
Lanarkshire £2,112,000
Lothian £3,006,000
Tayside £1,818,000
Orkney £64,000
Shetland £70,000
Western Isles £150,000
The Primary and Community Care Modernisation Programme
has been underway since 1999 and so far £51 million has
been committed to over 100 projects across Scotland.
The Partnership Agreement said that the Coalition
would:
"develop Community Health Service Centres that bring
together treatment, diagnosis and support services within a
single centre, to improve wellbeing. We will develop
similar structures in rural areas by using, for example,
outreach facilities and IT and video link technology."
The Executive is making £15 million available (£7
million in both years) over the two-year period 2004-06 to
provide top-up funding for joint working projects agreed
between NHS Boards and their partner local authority. A
further £1 million is available as a pool in 2004-05 which
bids are invited from Boards and their local authority
partners, for exceptional immediate requirements.
A total of £4 million (£1.75 million in the next two
years) is now being
made available as seed corn funding to support new
and existing projects where additional investment would
enable the vision for Community Health Service Centres
(CHSCs) and their rural equivalents to be rolled out. A
further £0.5 million (£0.25 million in the next two years)
will be made available to NHS Boards who have exceptional
needs in developing models that give effect to the vision
of CHSCs and rural equivalents.