To detail, by health board, what NHSiS capital provision for equipment was allocated and spent for each year from 1994-95 to 1998-1999 incl…

Answered Asked by Kenneth Gibson SNP Lodged 7 Apr 2000

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive to detail, by health board, what NHSiS capital provision for equipment was allocated and spent for each year from 1994-95 to 1998-1999 inclusive, in real terms.

The answer

Answered by Susan Deacon on 8 May 2000 · 31 days after it was lodged, 13 days after it was due

No specific allocation is given to individual health boards or NHS Trusts for the provision or replacement of medical equipment. Health boards and NHS Trusts must reach decisions on local priorities and then plan how to fund those priorities, including the provision of equipment. Trusts can use both capital and revenue resources to meet equipment costs.The capital expenditure on the provision of medical equipment for 1994-95 to 1998-99 is shown in the following table calculated at constant 1998-99 prices:Health Boards | 1994-95Expenditure£000 | 1995-96Expenditure£000 | 1996-97Expenditure£000 | 1997-98Expenditure£000 | 1998-99Expenditure£000
Argyll & Clyde | 5,893 | 3,439 | 1,541 | 1,209 | 1,671
Ayr & Arran | 2,204 | 2,432 | 1,244 | 1,623 | 2,433
Borders | 619 | 928 | 681 | 166 | 456
Dumfries & Galloway | 1,401 | 709 | 1,533 | 491 | 579
Fife | 1,356 | 1,868 | 877 | 788 | 951
Forth Valley | 2,043 |

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