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NHS Health Board allocations
09/01/2004
An average increase of 7.25 per cent for Scotland's 15
Health Boards was announced today.
Health Minister Malcolm Chisholm said record investment
in the NHS would bring better services, more doctors and
nurses and reductions in waiting times.
He continued:
"Today's increase reaffirms our commitment to improve
services for patients in Scotland but record investment
must be accompanied by real change and that is why we have
introduced the NHS Reform Bill.
"In our health service, patients come first. And their
priorities are ours - to improve quality, drive up
standards in hospital cleanliness, and reduce waiting
times.
"These resources will enable NHS Boards to recruit more
nurses and doctors, use more advanced medical technology
and new treatment and drugs. They will also support our
major drive to improve the health of all Scots through a
range of programmes."
Boards will receive £5.966 billion in 2004-05, a 7.25
per cent increase on current allocations. On top of this, a
further £26 million (0.5 per cent) will be distributed
later through the Change and Innovation Fund.
Mr Chisholm said:
"The additional £26 million for change and innovation is
critically important in redesigning services to suit the
needs of patients. We have already seen excellent
examples of local improvements across the country.
"By listening to staff, patients and monitoring
performance in our priority areas, we will continue to turn
our record investment in the NHS into delivering modern and
improved services for patients."
NHS Board allocations are calculated using the
Arbuthnott formula which was introduced in 2000.
The formula is updated annually to take account of:
- proportion of Scotland's population living in the
NHS Board area
- age structure of the population and relative number
of males and females
- level of deprivation
- proportion of the population living in remote and
rural areas
The target is to fund all NHS Boards based on their
relative need ie. their parity target. To achieve this,
those Boards which are below their parity target are given
additional funds.
Details of each NHS Board's allocation:
Argyll & Clyde £458.784 million
6.98 (per cent increase)
Ayrshire &
Arran £409.651 7.93
Borders £116.434 8.34
Dumfries & Galloway £169.733
8.03
Fife
£352.536 8.05
Forth
Valley £280.005
7.96
Grampian £481.741
6.75
Greater Glasgow £1,011.865
6.75
Highland
£239.241 8.66
Lanarkshire £564.515
7.40
Lothian £724.658
6.75
Orkney
£22.386 6.75
Shetland
£26.745 6.75
Tayside £422.486
6.93
Western Isles
£42.168 6.75
Total
£5,322.948 7.25
In addition the following allocations to Scotland's
Special Health Boards were announced:
NHS Education for Scotland
£215.670 million 6.5 per cent increase
Common Services Agency
£174.999 6.5
Scottish Ambulance Service
£128.095 6.5
NHS 24
£46.544 6.5
National Waiting Times Centre
£29.824 6.5
State Hospital
£25.710 6.5
NHS Health Scotland
£11.143 6.5
NHS Quality Improvement Scotland
£10.897 6.5
TOTAL
£642.882 6.5
TOTAL Allocated to the NHS
£5,965,830,000
The additional £26 million will be distributed later
this year subject to approval of plans submitted by
Boards.
The
Centre for Change and
Innovation was set up in November 2002 to work with
Scottish Ministers, the Health Department and all health
bodies in Scotland to spread good practice in service
redesign within NHSScotland.