Written Question · S6W-08973 · Session 6
What funding is available to NHS boards for specialist community perinatal mental health teams.
The question
To ask the Scottish Government what funding is available to NHS boards for specialist community perinatal mental health teams.
The answer
Since the start of the Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Programme Board we have invested over £18m in improvements to services and support for parents, infants and families across Scotland. This includes £5.5m for development of specialist Community Perinatal Mental Health services.
Funding levels for each Board have been primarily based on the gaps identified in Delivering Effective Services Report – Perinatal Mental Health Network Scotland and further shaped through discussions with each Board to ensure funding meets local need. As the we progress the programme of work, allocations are transitioning to an NRAC share which is the Scottish Resource Allocation formula used to distribute funding to NHS Boards.
Initial development funding was provided to two Health Boards in the North of Scotland in 2019-20. Funding was then rolled out to all mainland Boards in 2020/21 and all Boards received an allocation in 2021-22.
Following conclusion of the current Programme Board in March 2023, £8m per annum has been earmarked as recurring funding to Health Boards to support the sustainability of perinatal and infant mental health services across Scotland. This includes £5m specifically for specialist Community Perinatal Mental Health services.
Please see the following tables for a breakdown of funding allocated per Board for specialist Community Perinatal Mental Health services for the last 3 financial years.
Health Board
Ayrshire & Arran
Borders
Dumfries & Galloway
Fife
Forth Valley
2019-20
-
-
-
-
-
2020-21
£131,951.93
£20,035.58
£44,267.92
£29,500.00
£28,384.59
2021-22
£263,903.85
£99,435.00
£140,971.00
£271,250.00
£85,153.78
Total
£395,855.78
£119,470.58
£185,238.92
£300,750.00
£113,538.37
Health Board
Grampian
Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Highland
Lanarkshire
Lothian
2019-20
£43,200.00
-
£39,166.67
-
-
2020-21
£216,653.67
£141,500.00
£76,311.00
£183,709.33
£367,581.25
2021-22
£719,341.90
£532,300.00
£305,242.00
£504,727.48
£782,759.00
Total
£979,195.57
£673,800.00
£420,719.67
£688,436.81
£1,150,340.25
Health Board
Orkney
Shetland
Tayside
Western Isles
2019-20
-
-
-
-
2020-21
£14,166.67
£4,132.84
£151,603.01
£0.00
2021-22
£30,500.00
£10,769.63
£303,206.01
£26,662.95
Total
£44,666.67
£14,902.47
£454,809.02
£26,662.95
Funding levels for each Board have been primarily based on the gaps identified in Delivering Effective Services Report – Perinatal Mental Health Network Scotland and further shaped through discussions with each Board to ensure funding meets local need. As the we progress the programme of work, allocations are transitioning to an NRAC share which is the Scottish Resource Allocation formula used to distribute funding to NHS Boards.
Initial development funding was provided to two Health Boards in the North of Scotland in 2019-20. Funding was then rolled out to all mainland Boards in 2020/21 and all Boards received an allocation in 2021-22.
Following conclusion of the current Programme Board in March 2023, £8m per annum has been earmarked as recurring funding to Health Boards to support the sustainability of perinatal and infant mental health services across Scotland. This includes £5m specifically for specialist Community Perinatal Mental Health services.
Please see the following tables for a breakdown of funding allocated per Board for specialist Community Perinatal Mental Health services for the last 3 financial years.
Health Board
Ayrshire & Arran
Borders
Dumfries & Galloway
Fife
Forth Valley
2019-20
-
-
-
-
-
2020-21
£131,951.93
£20,035.58
£44,267.92
£29,500.00
£28,384.59
2021-22
£263,903.85
£99,435.00
£140,971.00
£271,250.00
£85,153.78
Total
£395,855.78
£119,470.58
£185,238.92
£300,750.00
£113,538.37
Health Board
Grampian
Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Highland
Lanarkshire
Lothian
2019-20
£43,200.00
-
£39,166.67
-
-
2020-21
£216,653.67
£141,500.00
£76,311.00
£183,709.33
£367,581.25
2021-22
£719,341.90
£532,300.00
£305,242.00
£504,727.48
£782,759.00
Total
£979,195.57
£673,800.00
£420,719.67
£688,436.81
£1,150,340.25
Health Board
Orkney
Shetland
Tayside
Western Isles
2019-20
-
-
-
-
2020-21
£14,166.67
£4,132.84
£151,603.01
£0.00
2021-22
£30,500.00
£10,769.63
£303,206.01
£26,662.95
Total
£44,666.67
£14,902.47
£454,809.02
£26,662.95
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S6W-08973 by reference.