Feb. 06 2024

Found: services , including primary care, transferring functions from Integration Authorities to NCS Care

S6W-27178

Asked by: Mochan, Carol (Scottish Labour - South Scotland)

Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care budget in 2024-25 has been spent on prevention, and provided to allied health professionals (AHP) as those focused on prevention.

Answered by Gray, Neil - Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care

The Scottish Government does not hold the detail of this funding. Local decisions on how to allocate funding is the responsibility of NHS Boards.

The 2024-25 Budget provides funding of over £19.5 billion for NHS recovery, health and social care – giving our NHS a real terms uplift and providing over £14.2 billion investment in our NHS Boards.

This Budget continues to support prevention and early intervention which is critical to addressing system challenges and longer term reform, with key investment including:

• Supporting investment in excess of £10 billion for the NHS paybill to support the workforce including Allied Health Professionals and which has rewarded NHS staff in recent years during the cost of living crisis. The budget for the NHS workforce is not allocated by workforce group.
• £2 billion for social care and integration, an additional £1 billion compared to 2021-22 spend. This delivers on our Programme for Government commitment to increase social care spending by 25% over this Parliament two years ahead of our original target.
• Over £2.1bn for primary care, which includes funding for Allied Health Professionals, to improve preventative care in the community, supporting the development of multidisciplinary teams in general practice, sustaining NHS dental care through enhanced fees and continuing free eye examinations.
• Supporting spend in excess of £1.3 billion to support mental health services, with £290.2 million direct investment – more than doubled since 2020/21 - enabling record numbers of staff in providing more varied support and services to a larger number of people than ever before.
• Sustaining increased funding to address the twin public health emergencies of drugs deaths and the harms from alcohol, by maintaining our commitment to provide an additional £250 million funding over the life of this parliament to address the drugs death emergency.
• Protecting those most at risk with increased investment of over 55% for our routine childhood and adult vaccination programmes.

S6W-24342

Asked by: Baillie, Jackie (Scottish Labour - Dumbarton)

Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been saved from the revised and delayed National Care Service proposal, and how much of that money has been ringfenced for reinvestment in social care.

Answered by Todd, Maree - Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport

From a funding perspective there was no funding committed to the National Care Service as a result of the original Financial Memorandum, its purpose was only to show, as a result of the Bill, the potential additionality of cost that could be incurred were the Bill to progress as introduced. This is also the case for the revision to the Financial Memorandum and the associated Shared Accountability costing.

The commitment to increase social care funding by at least £840 million over this Parliament has been surpassed 2 years early, with funding for social care increasing by over £1 billion compared to 2021-22. Furthermore, the 2024-25 draft Budget supports services with investment of over £2 billion to support health and social care integration.

Despite increased investment and vision of the National Care Service, it is noted that the system is under extreme pressure as a result of the ongoing impacts of Covid, Brexit and inflation. We will continue to work with partners across health and social to address these challenges and to take forward the reform that is essential for delivery of financially, environmentally and socially sustainable services for the people of Scotland.

Feb. 06 2024

Found: development of new NCS arrangements and in particular to maximising the opportunities for further integration

S6W-27123

Asked by: Lennon, Monica (Scottish Labour - Central Scotland)

Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its engagement with the short-life working group involved in addressing any issues at Kilbryde Hospice.

Answered by Minto, Jenni - Minister for Public Health and Women's Health

In December 2023, South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) established a Short Life Working Group to consider and recommend a future model of clinical care within the Specialist Palliative Care service in Lanarkshire. This process concluded in March 2024.

The Scottish Government was not involved with the short life working group, but South Lanarkshire HSCP has kept Scottish Government officials updated on this process and subsequent discussions, including a number of roundtable meetings being convened with key local stakeholders.

It is the responsibility of Integration Joint Boards to plan and commission adult palliative care services for their areas using the integrated budgets under their control.

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S6W-24609

Asked by: Kerr, Stephen (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - Central Scotland)

Question

To ask the Scottish Government what objectives it set for any funding that it has provided to the Scottish Refugee Council since 2019.

Answered by Roddick, Emma - Minister for Equalities, Migration and Refugees

To support work with refugees, people seeking asylum and local communities, the Scottish Government provides funding to organisations such as the Scottish Refugee Council to ensure that all people seeking refugee protection in Scotland are welcome, where women, children and men are protected, find safety and support, have their human rights and dignity respected and are able to achieve their full potential.

The following table contains a list of funding and objectives provided to the SRC since 2019.