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Written Question · S5W-04510 · Session 5

How much the NHS has spent on (a) adult independent hospices services and (b) services provided by third sector organisations in each of th…

Answered Asked by Miles Briggs Con Lodged 4 Nov 2016

The question

To ask the Scottish Government how much the NHS has spent on (a) adult independent hospices services and (b) services provided by third sector organisations in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.

The answer

Answered by Shona Robison on 17 Nov 2016 · 13 days after it was lodged, on time

This information is not centrally held in the form requested.
Information on NHS board expenditure is published by NHS Information Services Division (ISD) on an annual basis in the Scottish Health Service Costs Report (often referred to as the ‘Cost Book’). Expenditure on treatments provided by third sector organisations over the past five years broken down by NHS board is set out in the following table.
This information only relates to treatment and may not reflect the full spectrum of support and care that voluntary organisations provide to NHS boards.
Expenditure for treatments provided by Voluntary Organisations (£000)1: 2010-11-2014-15
NHS Board
Financial Year
2014-15
2013-14
2012-13
2011-12

2010-11
NHS Ayrshire and Arran
5,489
5,370
5,224
4,380
1,424
NHS Borders
142
146
-
488
377
NHS Fife
5,460
4,049
4,025
3,849
4,277
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
22,611
23,522
19,787
19,539
18,131
NHS Highland
6,456
6,419
5,790
4,920
5,048
NHS Lanarkshire
8,609
7,977
7,305
8,141
8,975
NHS Grampian
3,845
5,406
3,520
4,027
4,854
NHS Orkney
70
79
23
56
55
NHS Lothian
9,738
9,461
9,359
16,193
15,271
NHS Tayside
4,425
4,338
4,252
3,616
4,187
NHS Forth Valley
3,827
2,799
3,254
3,536
3,577
NHS Western Isles
410
413
412
254
-
NHS Dumfries & Galloway
1,093
997
840
472
682
NHS Shetland
-
-
26
3
140
NHS Scotland
72,174
70,976
63,819
69,475
66,997
1. Expenditure for treatments provided by Voluntary Organisations as recorded in Costs Book (SFR 24.0, Line Number 471).

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