Scottish National Health Service https://sil2.e-infinitum.com/ en Health Services are devolved to the Scottish government https://sil2.e-infinitum.com/health-services-are-devolved-scottish-government <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Health Services are devolved to the Scottish government</span> <div class="field field--name-field-related-questions field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Question Answered</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/43" hreflang="en">What health services can Scotland provide?</a></div> </div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="/user/18" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Stephen Richard</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Tue, 10/19/2021 - 12:50</span> <div class="field field--name-field-author-or-creator field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Author or Creator</div> <div class="field__item">Full Fact</div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>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.</p> <p>Health is a devolved area in Scotland, and the Scottish government <a href="https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/health-spending-across-the-uk-nations-who-decides-how-much#spending-across-the-national-health-services">decides</a> exactly how much money is going to go into the NHS budget each year.</p> <p>The Scottish government’s budget is made up of three <a href="http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0051/00511808.pdf#page=10">components</a>: money it receives through the block grant from the UK government, money raised through taxes in Scotland (and collected by the Scottish government directly), and money raised through borrowing.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/314" hreflang="en">Scottish National Health Service</a></div> </div> </div> Tue, 19 Oct 2021 11:50:07 +0000 Stephen Richard 28 at https://sil2.e-infinitum.com NHS Scotland: how much is being spent? https://sil2.e-infinitum.com/nhs-scotland-how-much-being-spent <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">NHS Scotland: how much is being spent?</span> <div class="field field--name-field-author-or-creator field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Primary Author or Creator</div> <div class="field__item">Claire Milne</div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="/user/18" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Stephen Richard</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Tue, 09/28/2021 - 20:41</span> <div class="field field--name-field-additional-author-s-creato field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Additional Author(s) / Creators</div> <div class="field__item">Full fact</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-date-published field--type-datetime field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Date Published</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2018-01-26T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">Fri, 01/26/2018 - 12:00</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Category</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/132" hreflang="en">Health</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-type field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Type of Resource</div> <div class="field__item">Fact check</div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Fast Facts</div> <div class="field__item"><p>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.</p></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-precis field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">More details</div> <div class="field__item"><p>Health is a devolved area in Scotland, and the Scottish government <a href="https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/health-spending-across-the-uk-nations-who-decides-how-much#spending-across-the-national-health-services">decides</a> exactly how much money is going to go into the NHS budget each year.</p> <p>The Scottish government’s budget is made up of three <a href="http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0051/00511808.pdf#page=10">components</a>: money it receives through the block grant from the UK government, money raised through taxes in Scotland (and collected by the Scottish government directly), and money raised through borrowing.</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-resource-url field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Resource Address (URL)</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://fullfact.org/health/nhs-scotland-spending/">https://fullfact.org/health/nhs-scotland-spending/</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/314" hreflang="en">Scottish National Health Service</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/594" hreflang="en">Public finance</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-related-questions field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Related Questions</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/43" hreflang="en">What health services can Scotland provide?</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="field-language-display"> <fieldset class="js-form-item js-form-type-item form-type-item js-form-item- form-item- form-group"> <label>Language</label> English </fieldset> </div> Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:41:45 +0000 Stephen Richard 135 at https://sil2.e-infinitum.com The Barnett Formula Myth Destroyed – It does not subsidise Scotland https://sil2.e-infinitum.com/barnett-formula-myth-destroyed-it-does-not-subsidise-scotland <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">The Barnett Formula Myth Destroyed – It does not subsidise Scotland</span> <div class="field field--name-field-author-or-creator field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Primary Author or Creator</div> <div class="field__item">Gordon Macintyre-Kemp</div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="/user/18" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Stephen Richard</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Sun, 09/12/2021 - 07:33</span> <div class="field field--name-field-additional-author-s-creato field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Additional Author(s) / Creators</div> <div class="field__item">Business for Scotland</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-alternative-published-date field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Alternative Published Date</div> <div class="field__item">2019</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Category</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/72" hreflang="en">Economy</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-type field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Type of Resource</div> <div class="field__item">Assessment report</div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Fast Facts</div> <div class="field__item"><p>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. That is not a bonus – it’s a smoke and mirrors mechanism that aims to reduce the Scottish Government’s spending power in real terms.</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-resource-url field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Resource Address (URL)</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://www.businessforscotland.com/the-barnett-formula-myth-destroyed-it-does-not-subsidise-scotland/?doing_wp_cron=1631427243.9121749401092529296875">https://www.businessforscotland.com/the-barnett-formula-myth-destroyed-it-does-…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/314" hreflang="en">Scottish National Health Service</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/189" hreflang="en">Barnett formula</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-related-questions field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Related Questions</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/46" hreflang="en">What is the Barnett formula?</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/43" hreflang="en">What health services can Scotland provide?</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="field-language-display"> <fieldset class="js-form-item js-form-type-item form-type-item js-form-item- form-item- form-group"> <label>Language</label> English </fieldset> </div> Sun, 12 Sep 2021 06:33:32 +0000 Stephen Richard 226 at https://sil2.e-infinitum.com