202200316537 · FOI · released
Meetings held regarding health board funding: FOI release
Information requested
How many meetings there has been between the Scottish Government and each health board regarding plans and funding since the announcement on June 2nd. When the Scottish Government expects to finalise how much each health board will receive of the £50 million. If a decision about the amount of money each health board will receive has been made, please reveal the figures.
Response
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The answer to the second and third part to your question, NHS Boards received notification on the 11 August 2022 detailing their share of the £50 million investment which has been allocated in its entirety to support NHS Health Boards to improve A&E waits through a new National Collaborative for Urgent and Unscheduled Care.
A proportion of the funding has been provided to NHS 24 and SAS. The remainder is based on the National Resource Allocation formula (NRAC) by NHS Board. The Formula is used to inform the geographical allocation of the NHS Budget. This formula projects how the geographical need for services will be distributed in 2022/23.
Each board’s share of the £50 million fund is listed below:
NHS Ayrshire and Arran £2,600,000 NHS Borders £760,000 NHS Dumfries and Galloway £1,055,000 NHS Fife £2,420,000 NHS Forth Valley £1,930,000 NHS Grampian £3,500,000 NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde £7,815,000 NHS Highland £2,330,000 NHS Lanarkshire £4,340,000 NHS Lothian £5,275,000 NHS Orkney £175,000 NHS Shetland £170,000 NHS Tayside £2,750,000 NHS Western Isles £235,000 NHS 24 £15,100,000 Scottish Ambulance Service £400,000 Total £50.85 million
The Scottish Government does not have the information you have asked for because we engage with and support Boards on a daily basis, including through virtual meetings and site visits. Within this, a variety of colleagues across multiple teams have met with NHS Health Board colleagues since 2 June but no information is held on whether financial plans were discussed as part of wider discussions.
This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.
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This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.
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