FOI/202400443866 · FOI · unclear
Improving Outcomes and Reform funding: FOI release
Information requested
Information about the ‘Improving Outcomes and Reforms’ budget line in the 2025-2026 health and social care budget. Specifically, information about what this budget line is, what exactly it funds and the analysis/calculation behind the cut in this year’s budget.
Response
The ‘Improving Outcomes and Reform’ line in Scottish Budget 2025-26 comprises the following funding:
Access Support Waiting Times Improvement Plan Board Recovery National Treatment Centres Modernising Patient Pathways Winter Funding Urgent Care Unscheduled Care Detect Cancer Early Cancer Policy Waiting Times
The difference between the 2024-25 amount of £387.6 million and the 2025-26 amount of £305.2 million shown in Scottish Budget 2025-26, i.e. a net reduction of £82.4 million, is explained as follows:
£185.6 million relating to the 2024-25 budget transfers permanently to NHS Health Board core budgets from 2025-26 (this amount is shown elsewhere in the Scottish Budget 2025-26 and is therefore not acut); An additional £100 million to reduce waiting times is included for 2025-26; Other increases and inward transfers for 2025-26 total £3.2 million.
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