NHS Scotland
Publicly-funded healthcare system in Scotland
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| 2023 | Planned start of live drone flight trials by Skyports for medical logistics, as part of the CAELUS consortium's efforts to improve healthcare delivery in remote Scottish communities. |
| 2022 | NHS Scotland announces £82.6 million additional funding to support pharmacy services and recruits 191 nurses from overseas, with plans to hire 203 more through recruitment agencies. |
| 2022 | A contract was awarded to Inhealthcare for remote patient monitoring services across Scotland using mobile apps and telephone. |
| November 2022 | An Ipsos and Health Foundation survey found only 28% of the Scottish public were confident about their devolved government's NHS plans. |
| 2021 | Establishment of a national Centre for Sustainable Delivery to coordinate national healthcare programmes, improve care delivery, and ensure implementation of best practices across health boards. |
| 2020 | Over 1 in 8 senior mental health roles were unfilled in NHS Scotland's local health boards, leading to increased mental health patient waiting times. |
| 2020 | NHS Scotland reported an operating budget of £15.3 billion for the 2020/21 fiscal year. |
| April 1 2020 | NHS Health Scotland was dissolved and succeeded by Public Health Scotland, a new national Special Health Board created through a collaborative approach by the Scottish Government and COSLA. |
| April 1 2018 | The new Scottish General Medical Services Contract, agreed between the Scottish Government and the British Medical Association, comes into force. |
| 2017 | There was a 99% increase in the number of people waiting more than 12 weeks for an outpatient appointment. Drug-related deaths were reported as the highest in the European Union. |
| 2017 | Amount owed by overseas patients increased significantly from the previous year, with NHS Lothian reporting £347,089 owed by 28 patients compared to £47,755 owed by fewer than five patients in the previous year. |
| 2017 | NHS Scotland missed seven out of eight performance targets, with a 99% increase in patients waiting more than 12 weeks for outpatient appointments. |
| January 2017 | The British Medical Association stated that NHS Scotland was 'stretched pretty much to breaking point' and needed at least a 4% funding increase. |
| 2016 | NHS Lothian reported £347,089 owed by 28 overseas patients who were not entitled to free NHS treatment. |
| 2016 | Cross-border healthcare referrals from Scotland increased to 625, with costs rising to £15.2 million. |
| 2016 | NHS Lothian reported £347,089 owed by 28 overseas patients, a significant increase from £47,755 owed by fewer than five patients in the previous year. |
| 2015 | More than 7,500 NHS patients were treated in private hospitals to meet waiting times targets. |
| 2015 | Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) for GPs was abolished in Scotland due to administrative burden. |
| 2015 | Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board increased overseas patient treatments to 99, with a total of £423,326 owed to the health board. |
| July 2015 | The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties in Scotland published a report 'Learning from serious failings in care', investigating issues at multiple hospitals and highlighting problems with clinical staff collaboration, leadership, and accountability. |
| June 2015 | University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust complained about 'burdensome' prior approval processes for cross-border healthcare treatments. |
| June 2015 | Dr. Peter Bennie of the British Medical Association criticized weekly reporting of Accident and Emergency 4-hour wait targets, where 92.2% of patients were admitted or discharged within 4 hours against a 95% target. |
| 2014 | Cost of cross-border healthcare treatments rose from £11.9 million to £15.2 million by 2016, demonstrating increasing financial complexity of inter-regional healthcare. |
| 2014 | Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board treated 67 overseas patients. |
| 2014 | The Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation produced a comparative report on NHS performance across the UK since devolution in 1999, finding little consistent evidence of significant differences between countries. |
| April 2014 | New joint working arrangements between NHS boards and local authorities came into effect, establishing Health and Social Care Partnerships (HSCPs) to replace Community Health Partnerships. |
| 2013 | Cross-border healthcare referrals from Scotland were 427, with associated costs of £11.9 million. |
| 2013 | Plans for direct elections to health boards were abandoned after trials in Fife and Dumfries and Galloway showed low voter turnout, effectively ending the initiative to democratically select health board members. |
| 2011 | Prescription charges are abolished in Scotland. |
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