What health services can Scotland provide?

Health Services are devolved to the Scottish government

Stephen Richard — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 11:50:07 +0000

Health Services are devolved to the Scottish government Stephen Richard Tue, 10/19/2021 - 12:50

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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.

Health is a devolved area in Scotland, and the Scottish government decides exactly how much money is going to go into the NHS budget each year.

The Scottish government’s budget is made up of three components: 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.

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Scottish National Health Service

NHS Scotland: how much is being spent?

Stephen Richard — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:41:45 +0000

NHS Scotland: how much is being spent?

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Claire Milne

Stephen Richard Tue, 09/28/2021 - 20:41

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Full fact

Date Published

Fri, 01/26/2018 - 12:00

The Barnett Formula Myth Destroyed – It does not subsidise Scotland

Stephen Richard — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 06:33:32 +0000

The Barnett Formula Myth Destroyed – It does not subsidise Scotland

Primary Author or Creator

Gordon Macintyre-Kemp

Stephen Richard Sun, 09/12/2021 - 07:33

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Business for Scotland

Alternative Published Date

2019

Common Weal's Manifesto for a National Care Service

Stephen Richard — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:40:47 +0000

Common Weal's Manifesto for a National Care Service

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Common Weal Care Reform Group

Stephen Richard Tue, 08/17/2021 - 09:40

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Wed, 01/27/2021 - 12:00

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Health

Type of Resource

Policy Paper

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In this Manifesto, released ahead of the Scottish Government’s Independent Review of Adult Social Care the group lays out the principles of care that should be met by any proposed blueprint for Care reform and will be followed up in due course with a comprehensive blueprint for an NCS that would meet these principles and align with the values of Common Weal.

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The Covid crisis has shown up the failings of the social care system in Scotland as never before and the need for a new National Care Service alongside the NHS. Common Weal submitted a draft set of principles for a National Care Service to the Independent Review of Adult Social Care under Derek Feeley which is due to report by the end of January 2021. Common Weal has now refined and developed those principles into a Manifesto for a National Care Service which it believes should be used to judge the recommendations of the Adult Care Review. Common Weal’s Manifesto goes beyond the remit of the Adult Social Care Review and calls for care to be considered as a whole, cradle to grave, children as well as adults. In setting up the Adult Care Review, CW believes the Scottish Government missed an opportunity to end the fragmentation of social care and also to build on the recommendations of the Independent Care Review for Children.

If adopted, the principles in the manifesto would result in:

– All care being not for profit

– Care provision being free at the point of use, like the NHS

– Care and support being provided to all who need it, reversing the cuts since the impositions of austerity

– The current care system being transformed through a recognition that relationships are central to what makes good care, not a tick list of tasks

– Care provision becoming far more preventive, reversing the trend to focus on those with “priority” needs

– Care provision being designed from the bottom up, instead of the top down

– The entire workforce being paid local authority rates and being properly trained

– Service Users, Informal Carers and the workforce being given control where it matters, instead of the current tokenistic emphasis on rights

Common Weal believes these principles reflect the aspirations that many people in Scotland have for a new National Care Service. Common Weal has serious concerns about the extent to which the recommendations of the Feeley Review will deliver any of those aspirations which what has prompted us to publish the manifesto now.

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https://commonweal.scot/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Manifesto-for-a-National-Car…

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Health care

National Care Service

Aged care

Disabled care

Language English