NHS Boards - Information Management and Technology (IM&T) financial allocations: FOI release

Information requested

You asked for detail on the financial allocations since 2015/16 from the Primary Care Division for IM&T (PMS IT allocation) across all NHS Boards, split by Board area.

Response

The answer to your question is set out in the table below. Please note that allocations have been provided to the nearest £000 which may result in some rounding differences.

Board	2015/16 £000		2016/17 £000	2017/18 £000	2018/19 £000
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	624		620	620	622
NHS Borders	208		208	208	208
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	284		284	283	281
NHS Fife	563		561	562	559
NHS Forth Valley	491		494	489	489
NHS Grampian	937		940	926	921
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	1,982		1,986	1,995	1,993
NHS Highland	703		701	702	700
NHS Lanarkshire	1,040		1,038	1,038	1,037
NHS Lothian	1,328		1,331	1,340	1,357
NHS Orkney	41		40	41	41
NHS Shetland	46		45	45	44
NHS Tayside	684		683	682	681
NHS Western Isles	69		68	68	68
Total	9,000		9,000	9,000	9,000

We are unable to provide allocations for 2019/20 as Primary Medical Services allocations for this year have not been yet been finalised. Allocations are typically made in the summer following the start of the financial year, once negotiations on GP contract uplifts have concluded.

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