NHS funding in Scotland cut
The NHS in Scotland remains the best funded in the UK, but faces a funding cut in future, the BMJ warned on 9 December.
Over the past three years its funding increased by 33% but this is set to fall to just 13% over the next three years, the article warned. The gap between funding in Scotland and the rest of the UK is also set to fall. Annual funding levels in 2007/08 per head of population were:
- Scotland: £1,919
- Wales: £1,798
- Northern Ireland: £1,770
- England: £1,676
In recent years, PMI has become more popular in Scotland and this latest move is likely to encourage more Scots to look at PMI to supplement their NHS care.
See British Medical Journal 2008; 337: a2937 for more information.
10 February 2009
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