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Funding for Thrombectomy services: FOI release

Published
2026-01-14
Received
2025-09-12
Responded
2025-10-09
Directorate
Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector
Exemptions
None detected

Information requested

A breakdown of expenditure from the £16million committed by the Scottish Government to fund a thrombectomy service, as set out in the 2023 Stroke Improvement Plan. If possible, please provide this expenditure broken down by health board. In Excel format

Response

1. The ‘over £16 million’ figure in the Stroke Improvement Plan references the total investment in the thrombectomy service prior to the 2023/24 budget

2. I enclose a breakdown of this expenditure, by NHS Board, below and attached in the format you asked for.

NHS Dumfries & Galloway £3,950 NHS Grampian £627,752 NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde £3,739,422 NHS Highland £158,403 NHS Lanarkshire £11,000 NHS Lothian £5,419,546 NHS Tayside £5,644,427 Scottish Ambulance Service £1,186,952 NHS National Services Scotland £88,931 University of Edinburgh £54,400 Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland £229,125 Total £17,163,908

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