Amounts disbursed from the New Medicines Fund, NHS Board: FOI release

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Information requested

The amounts disbursed from the New Medicines Fund, broken down by NHS Board, in each of the financial years 2018/19; 2019/20; 2020/21; 2021/22; 2022/23 and a final amount or estimate for the year 2023/24 or in calendar years 2018, 2019; 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023 if data is recorded by calendar year.

Response

The answer to your question is provided in the table below. Table: Amounts (£m) disbursed from the New Medicines Fund (broken down by NHS Board in each financial year):

Table: Amounts (£m) disbursed from the New Medicines Fund (broken down by NHS Board in each financial year):

 

Year

2018-

19(£m)

2019-

20(£m)

2020-

21(£m)

2021-

22(£m)

2022-23(£m)

2023-24(£m)

NHS Ayrshire and Arran

3.271

5.846

5.833

3.618

14.573

18.265

NHS Borders

0.929

1.664

1.666

1.043

4.269

5.382

NHS Dumfries and Galloway

1.315

2.350

2.347

1.468

5.913

7.411

NHS Fife

3.005

5.386

5.390

3.342

13.646

17.131

NHS Forth Valley

2.393

4.292

4.293

2.671

10.871

13.665

NHS Grampian

4.359

7.824

7.803

4.777

19.488

24.344

NHS Greater Glasgow &Clyde

9.863

17.615

17.612

10.895

44.094

55.351

NHS Highland

2.844

5.096

5.097

3.232

13.101

16.476

NHS Lanarkshire

5.451

9.756

9.734

6.016

24.438

30.781

NHS Lothian

6.536

11.744

11.828

7.343

29.768

37.663

NHS Orkney

0.213

0.383

0.383

0.246

0.981

1.252

NHS Shetland

0.216

0.389

0.385

0.240

0.948

1.197

NHS Tayside

3.465

6.207

6.165

3.831

15.511

19.428

NHS Western Isles

0.290

0.518

0.514

0.328

1.309

1.654

NHS National Services Scotland

0.850

0.930

0.950

0.950

1.090

1.050

Total

45.000

80.000

80.000

50.000

200.000

251.050

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