Health Services are devolved to the Scottish government
The Scottish Government has shown consistent support for the NHS and contributes more per head of population than England, and without threats of privatisation.
Scottish National Health Service
NHS Scotland: how much is being spent?
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The planned increase in day-to-day spending on health in Scotland between 2006/07 and 2018/19 has gone up by £4 billion to £13 billion. It doesn’t account for inflation though, once that is added the increase is £2 billion.
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The Barnett Formula Myth Destroyed – It does not subsidise Scotland
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2019
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The Barnett Formula will withhold from Scotland, over the five years covered by the spending review, enough money to have hired approximately 7,955 additional NHS medical professionals.
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