Cost of mobile operating theatres & scanners across Scotland: FOI release

Information requested

1. Total annual expense, from 2020 to present, by the Scottish Government on mobile operating theatres & scanners across Scotland.
2. Total annual expense, from 2020 to present, by the Scottish Government on mobile operating theatres & scanners in NHS Orkney's catchment area.
3. Total annual expense, from 2020 to present, by the Scottish Government on the MRI scanner that is currently in NHS Orkney.
4. How long the Scottish Government is contracted to continue purchasing the services of each mobile scanner & operating theatre it pays for & operates.

Response

I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested. While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested. However, you may wish to contact individual Health Boards in respect of the information in the fourth part of your request. The reasons why we don’t have the information are explained in the Annex to this letter.

1. The annual Scottish Government funding allocations (via NHS Boards) are detailed in the table below.

NHS Scotland	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24
Mobile Theatres	£198,000	£652,000	£775,000	£1,424,000	£1,862,000
Scanners – MRI & CT**	£1,175,000	£3,668,161	£7,292,365	£2,554,640	£14,202,039
Total	£1,373,000	£4,320,161	£8,067,365	£3,978,640	£16,064,039

2. The annual Scottish Government funding allocations are detailed in the table below.

NHS Orkney	19/20	20/21	21/22	22/23	23/24
Mobile Theatres*			£2,383,645
Scanners – MRI & CT**				£1,114,000	£1,548,000
Total			£2,383,645	£1,114,000	£1,548,000

* Allocated to NHS Shetland in respect of provision at both NHS Orkney and NHS Shetland.

** Allocated to NHS Tayside in respect of shared provision of the MRI scanner rotating between Stracathro, Orkney and Shetland sites.

3. The annual Scottish Government funding allocations are detailed in the table below.

NHS Orkney	19/20	20/21	21/22	22/23	23/24
MRI Scanner**				£1,114,000	£1,548,000

** Allocated to NHS Tayside in respect of shared provision of the MRI scanner rotating between Stracathro, Orkney and Shetland sites.

4. The Scottish Government does not have the information you have asked for under the fourth part of your request, because the Scottish Government does not contract directly for mobile scanners and operating theatres.

ANNEX

REASONS FOR NOT PROVIDING INFORMATION

The Scottish Government does not have the information

The Scottish Government does not have the information you have asked for under the fourth part of your request, because the Scottish Government does not contract directly for mobile scanners and operating theatres.

This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.

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