General Practice IT funding: FOI release

Information requested

1. The total amount budgeted for General Practice IT reprovisioning over the past 3 years.

2. The total amount already spent (whether direct or distributed to Health Boards) on General Practice IT reprovisioning to date.

3. The total amount paid to INPS group in the past 3 years if you have paid directly.

Response

1. The funding budgeted for GPIT over the past 3 years totals £9.67 million. In 2024-25 the Scottish Government have provided £4.5 million in funding for GPIT. This was prior to the issues announced by Cegedim this past week. 

2. The total funding provided to fund GPIT since 2018-19 amounts to £11.79 million and is set out in the table below:

GPIT Funding 2022-23 to 2024-25	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	Total
	£	£		£	£	£	£	£
GPIT Reprovisioning Funding	559,000	-	-	1,560,359	1,751,390	3,419,00	4,500,925	11,790,67

3. It should be noted that during financial years 2019-20 and 2020-21 funding was prioritised on the Scottish Government’s response to the COVID pandemic. No funding was provided to INPS group by Scottish Government directly.

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