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Report of the National Review of Resource Allocation for the NHS in Scotland, chaired by Professor Sir John Arbuthnott, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Strathclyde University .

Contents

Terms of reference and consultation arrangements.
Covering letter from the Chairman of the Review to the First Minister of the Scottish Executive.
Foreword by the Chairman of the Review.
Glossary of acronyms.

Part One. Background, overview and methodology
Chapter 1: Introduction and background.
Chapter 2: Overview.
Chapter 3: Measuring the size, age and sex of the population.
Chapter 4: Weighting the population for morbidity and life circumstances - general issues.
Chapter 5: Weighting the population for morbidity and life circumstances - practicalities of the method.
Chapter 6: Taking account of excess costs.

Part Two. Application of the formula to care programmes
Introduction and overview.
Chapter 7: Acute hospital services.
Chapter 8: Mental illness services.
Chapter 9: Care of the elderly.
Chapter 10: Maternity services.
Chapter 11: Specialist services for people with learning.disabilities.
Chapter 12: Community health services.
Chapter 13: GP prescribing.
Chapter 14: General medical services.

Part Three. Implementation and beyond
Chapter 15: Inequalities in healthcare.
Chapter 16: Impact and implementation.

List of recommendations

Annexes
Annex A: Membership and terms of reference of the Steering Group, Expert Group and Scottish Office Department of Health analytical team.
Annex B: Written comments received by the Review.
Annex C: Description of the SHARE formula.
Annex D: Full list of needs indicators used by the Review.
Annex E: Lists of indicators identified by literature review for each care programme.

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