NHS Lothian has been given £27 million in extra COVID-19 funding from the Scottish Government as part of a £380 million package allocated to health boards across Scotland.
This comes on top of the £1.7 billion already provided to health boards and Health and Social Care Partnerships last year.
The additional funding includes ongoing support for the vaccination programme, the Test and Protect system, and personal protective equipment for health and care workers.
SNP MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Gordon MacDonald MSP said: “NHS Lothian has been under incredible pressure during the pandemic, not only will this additional funding support the health board with its efforts to treat patients but it will also play a role in supporting our NHS in its remobilisation programme as we come out of the pandemic.
“It is essential that our health services can be on a sure footing as we re-emerge from the pandemic and other services that have been disrupted can restart smoothly.
“This is a demonstration again that the only party in Scotland that can protect Scotland’s NHS is the SNP.”
| Covid Funding (£m) | |
| NHS Ayrshire and Arran | 13.7 |
| NHS Borders | 3.4 |
| NHS Dumfries and Galloway | 4.9 |
| NHS Fife | 11.6 |
| NHS Forth Valley | 10.1 |
| NHS Grampian | 16.2 |
| NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 45.8 |
| NHS Highland | 9.8 |
| NHS Lanarkshire | 25.9 |
| NHS Lothian | 27.0 |
| NHS Orkney | 0.7 |
| NHS Shetland | 0.7 |
| NHS Tayside | 13.7 |
| NHS Western Isles | 0.9 |
| National Waiting Times Centre | 3.9 |
| Scottish Ambulance Service | 17.4 |
| The State Hospital | 0.3 |
| NHS 24 | 2.7 |
| NHS Education for Scotland | 1.8 |
| NHS National Services Scotland | 156.3 |
| Healthcare Improvement Scotland | 0.4 |
| Public Health Scotland | 12.6 |
| Total | 379.6 |
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