NHS in Scotland 2017

About the data

Expenditure and NRAC data

• Total core revenue expenditure data is at 2016/17 financial year end and was taken from the NHS board 2016/17 accounts.
• Population data, used to calculate spend per 1,000 population from the National Records of Scotland 2016 mid-year population estimates, published April 2017.
• NHS Scotland Resource Allocation Committee (NRAC) figures were provided to Audit Scotland by the Scottish Government.

Cost pressures

• Agency spend taken from NHS board 2016/17 accounts.
• Drug costs from Information Services Division (ISD) cost book data.
• The percentage of the NHS estate rated as being in good condition is published in the Scottish Government’s Annual State of the NHS Scotland Assets and Facilities Report for 2016.

Demand pressures

• Inpatient and outpatient figures are March census data, emergency admissions and number of procedures are annual figures.
• The sum of all the boards does not always equal the Scotland total as this can include patients whose residence is outwith Scotland, with no fixed abode or with unknown residence.
• ISD published data as at August 2017
• Emergency admissions and number of procedures – figures are for 2015/16 as this is the most recent data available.

GP data

• GP census data, published by ISD in December 2016.

Performance indicators

• Performance indicators are for the quarter-ending March 2017, except for the accident and emergency, delayed discharge and referral to treatment targets, and the treatment time guarantee unavailability indicator, which all are for the month-ending March 2017.
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) data is combined for the island boards.
• ISD data as at August 2017.

Life expectancy

• Data published by the Scottish Public Health Observatory, September 2017.

Public health trends

• Data from the 2016 Scottish Health Survey, published by the Scottish Government.

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