Record health funding of £725.6M for NHS Highland

Far north MSP Maree Todd has heralded the record health funding allocated to NHS Highland for the coming year and has said it demonstrates how only the SNP can be trusted to protect Scotland’s NHS.

The local health board has been given a record budget of £725.6 million for 2022/23 to recover after the impact of the pandemic, an increase of 4.72 per cent.

To help with that recovery, NHS Highland also has record numbers of staff under the SNP, with 2,131.7 Whole Time Equivalent staff, an increase of 32.1 per cent compared to the previous year.

Commenting, SNP MSP Maree Todd said: “We always appreciate the hard work and dedication of our NHS staff at NHS Highland but never more so than over the past two years, and the SNP Scottish Government has recognised that by providing them with record funding for 2022/23.

“This will go a long way in ensuring that NHS Highland is well on its way to recovery from the pandemic.

“In Scotland, we have the highest funded NHS per person and the best paid healthcare staff in the UK. The SNP Scottish Government has recognised the hard work and effort of NHS workers by giving them the biggest pay rise in the history of devolution.

“It is only the SNP that can be trusted with the future of our health service, not the Tories.”

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