Financial summary
The NHS Board provides revenue and capital funding to support eHealth operations. A Strategic Fund is provided from Scottish Government which is used to support development programmes. Any funding required to support the strategic delivery plan will require a supporting business case.
The eHealth Directorate employs circa 1,500 whole-time-equivalent staff including almost 1,000 staff in Health Records Services, with a revenue budget of approximately £95M in financial year 2022/2023.
|
FY 22/23 |
Recurring Funding |
|
NHSGGC rollover pay budget |
£50.47m |
NHSGGC rollover non-pay budget |
£29.42m |
|
£79.89m |
|
|
Non-Recurring Funding |
|
eHealth Strategic Fund allocation |
£4.3m |
Application & Infrastructure Funds (GPIT/Community) |
£1.9m |
Other NR funding for national network connections etc |
£10.31m |
FIP Savings |
-£1.13 |
|
£15.38m |
|
|
TOTAL |
£95.27m |
The strategic fund is allocated by Scottish Government in order to deliver the key strategic aims of the National eHealth Strategy.
The Applications & Infrastructure Fund is largely a transaction with NSS to fund the Board’s contribution towards national shared infrastructure and systems.
Digital delivery plan funding 2022/2023:
Programme |
Strategic fund £000s |
Capital £000s |
Clinical Leads |
250 |
0 |
Integrated DHCR |
1,170 |
0 |
Safer Use of Medicines |
720 |
0 |
Safer Diagnostics – LIMS |
Nationally funded |
0 |
PACS Service and Workstation Upgrade |
0 |
645 |
Primary Care and Contractor Services |
170 |
0 |
Innovations |
290 |
0 |
Clinical and data Informatics |
690 |
0 |
Workforce and Business Systems – O365 |
470 |
0 |
Technology and Infrastructure |
490 |
1,140 |
Total |
4,250 |
1,785 |