Amounts disbursed from the New Medicines Fund: FOI release
- Published
- 4 August 2025
- Directorate
- Chief Medical Officer Directorate
- FOI reference
- FOI/202500471245
- Date received
- 16 June 2025
- Date responded
- 3 July 2025
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
The amounts disbursed from the New Medicines Fund, broken down by NHS Board in each of the financial years 2021/22; 2022/23, 2023/24 and a final amount or estimate for the year 2024/2025.
Response
The answer to your question is detailed in the table below.
Table: Amounts (£m) disbursed from the New Medicines Fund (broken down by NHS Board in each financial year):
|
Year |
201819(£m) |
2019-20(£m) |
2020-21(£m) |
2021-22(£m) |
2022-23(£m) |
2023-24(£m) |
2024-25(£m) |
|
NHS Ayrshire and Arran |
3.271 |
5.846 |
5.833 |
3.618 |
14.573 |
18.265 |
16.690 |
|
NHS Borders |
0.929 |
1.664 |
1.666 |
1.043 |
4.269 |
5.382 |
4.941 |
|
NHS Dumfries and Galloway |
1.315 |
2.350 |
2.347 |
1.468 |
5.913 |
7.411 |
6.788 |
|
NHS Fife |
3.005 |
5.386 |
5.390 |
3.342 |
13.646 |
17.131 |
15.745 |
|
NHS Forth Valley |
2.393 |
4.292 |
4.293 |
2.671 |
10.871 |
13.665 |
12.499 |
|
NHS Grampian |
4.359 |
7.824 |
7.803 |
4.777 |
19.488 |
24.344 |
22.316 |
|
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde |
9.862 |
17.615 |
17.612 |
10.895 |
44.094 |
55.351 |
50.594 |
|
NHS Highland |
2.844 |
5.096 |
5.097 |
3.233 |
13.101 |
16.476 |
15.107 |
|
NHS Lanarkshire |
5.451 |
9.756 |
9.734 |
6.016 |
24.437 |
30.781 |
28.198 |
|
NHS Lothian |
6.536 |
11.744 |
11.828 |
7.343 |
29.768 |
37.664 |
27.046 |
|
NHS Orkney |
0.213 |
0.383 |
0.383 |
0.246 |
0.981 |
1.252 |
1.162 |
|
NHS Shetland |
0.216 |
0.389 |
0.385 |
0.240 |
0.948 |
1.197 |
1.098 |
|
NHS Tayside |
3.465 |
6.207 |
6.165 |
3.831 |
15.511 |
19.428 |
17.758 |
|
NHS Western Isles |
0.290 |
0.518 |
0.514 |
0.328 |
1.309 |
1.654 |
1.503 |
|
NHS National Services Scotland |
0.850 |
0.930 |
0.950 |
0.950 |
1.090 |
1.050 |
1.000 |
|
Total |
45.000 |
80.000 |
80.000 |
50.000 |
200.000 |
251.050 |
222.445 |
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