Question reference: S6W-04774
- Date lodged: 2 December 2021
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 December 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much each NHS board will be allocated from the reported £30 million to support GP practices, and when GP practices will receive their share of this funding.
Answer
NHS Boards will be allocated the £30 million to support GP practices in two tranches based upon their practices’ weighted share of registered patients under the Scottish Workload Formula at the time of the allocation. The following table provides an indication of what the first NHS Board allocation will be based upon practice shares of patients in October 2021.
NHS Board | Indicative Allocation (£) |
Ayrshire & Arran | 1,056,640 |
Borders | 331,176 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 449,494 |
Fife | 1,000,680 |
Forth Valley | 823,388 |
Grampian | 1,472,982 |
Greater Glasgow & Clyde | 3,278,717 |
Highland | 1,119,325 |
Lanarkshire | 1,765,382 |
Lothian | 2,310,404 |
Orkney | 78,826 |
Shetland | 74,744 |
Tayside | 1,123,050 |
Western Isles | 115,193 |
Total | 15,000,000 |
GP practices will receive their first payment by the end of this December and their second payment in the new financial year.