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FOI/202400443402 · FOI · unclear

Figure for the size of the maintenance backlog in NHS Scotland’s estate: FOI release

Published
2025-01-20
Received
2024-12-03
Responded
2024-12-16
Directorate
Health and Social Care Finance Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector
Exemptions
5

Information requested

1. The Scottish Government’s most recent working figure for the size of the maintenance backlog in NHS Scotland’s estate.

2. An account of how the figure in (1) was calculated.

3. Age of the input data for (1).

4. How long ago the calculations for the figure in (1) were made.

5. When the Scottish Government next intends to produce an updated figure for the maintenance backlog in NHS Scotland.

Response

1. £1.335bn

2. This is calculated through a combination of estate surveys and professional judgement against all of NHSScotland’s estate.

3. April 2024

4. This is an iterative and ongoing process.

5. 12-24 months

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