Briefing on the funding of the NHS in Scotland
Current and planned levels of NHSiS funding
Table
Additional funding from the March 2000 Budget for the NHSiS is as follows:
| £m | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 |
| Budget 2000 | 173 | 268 | 687 | 1,140 |
Thus spending for the current year 2000/01 totals £5,416.5m and in 2001/02 it is planned to be £5,823.8m.
Additional funding from the Budget reinforces existing supplementary money made available to the NHSiS by the Labour administration since their election in May 1997.
Additional Funds Made Available to the NHSiS since 1 May 1997
| 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | |
 | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Winter pressures | 17 | 22 | - | - | - |
| General Increase for NHS | - | 107 | - | - | - |
| Waiting lists | - | 44 | - | - | - |
| Comprehensive spending review | - | - | 300 | 590 | 910 |
| HM Treasury capital modernisation funds | - | - | 10 | 14 | 17 |
| intensive care and high dependency beds | - | - | 14 | - | - |
| Total | 17 | 173 | 324 | 604 | 927 |
Spending in real terms
Much attention has been focused on spending in real terms since the Prime Minister’s announcement in January 2000 that the NHS in England and Wales is to receive funding at the rate of 5% above inflation from next year until 2006. Following the Budget, the Chief Medical Officer in Scotland stated that health spending will rise from £5.42 billion in 2000/1 to £6.69 billion in 2003/4. This amounts to a 35.7 % rise in cash terms and real terms increase of 23.2% over the four years. (From the Chief Medical Officer, Health Bulletin, 58 (3), May 2000, Scottish Executive Health Department, p155)
A more detailed breakdown of the annual percentage real terms increase in funding for the health service was given in a written answer to a question in the Scottish Parliament.
| Year | Annual percentage real terms increases at 1998-99 prices |
| 1979-80 | 2.0 |
| 1980-81 | 6.7 |
| 1981-82 | 4.3 |
| 1982-83 | 1.2 |
| 1983-84 | 1.8 |
| 1984-85 | 1.9 |
| 1985-86 | 0.6 |
| 1986-87 | 2.8 |
| 1987-88 | 3.1 |
| 1988-89 | 4.2 |
| 1989-90 | 1.5 |
| 1990-91 | 1.3 |
| 1991-92 | 5.9 |
| 1992-93 | 6.2 |
| 1993-94 | 0.3 |
| 1994-95 | 3.1 |
| 1995-96 | 0.7 |
| 1996-97 | 0.3 |
| 1997-98 | 0 |
| 1998-99 | 2.1 |
| 1999-00* | 7.9 |
| 2000-01+ | 4.3 |
| 2001-02+ | 4.9 |
| 2002-03+ | 4.6 |
| 2003-04+ | 4.6 |
* Based on estimated outturn.
+ Based on planned expenditure.
Source: Scottish Parliament, Written Answer No. S1W-05677, 22 June 2000.