The Medical ACT budget has increased substantially in recent years reflecting several changes to medical education in Scotland, including the commissioning of new medical undergraduate programmes, increases in student numbers within existing medical programmes and targeted support for specific initiatives in line with the Scottish Government policy directives.
During 2023/24 the total Medical ACT funding available was approximately £116m of which £79m came from NES’ baseline budget and the remaining £37m from the Scottish Government. Additional NES baseline inflation increase of £3,186,050 was allocated to Boards in year. The funding is managed by the NES Finance team before being allocated and distributed onwards to Scottish NHS Health Boards.
The below table breaks down the component parts of the allocation with the increases compared to 2022/23.
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Medical ACT funding |
Funding 2023/24 |
Increase 2023/24 |
Funding 2022/23 |
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Recurrent |
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ACT baseline Prior Year |
£79,651,262 |
£0 |
£79,651,262 |
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NES baseline inflation increase |
£1,497,606 |
£1,497,606 |
£0 |
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16/17 (50) Widening Access expansion |
£4,875,000 |
£0 |
£4,875,000 |
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21/22 (10) Widening Access expansion |
£520,000 |
£195,000 |
£325,000 |
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22/23 (30) Widening Access expansion |
£975,000 |
£585,000 |
£390,000 |
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23/24 (25) Widening Access expansion |
£325,000 |
£325,000 |
£0 |
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19/20 (60) COMET/GPEP expansion |
£5,460,000 |
£1,170,000 |
£4,290,000 |
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22/23 (25) GPEP expansion |
£812,500 |
£487,500 |
£325,000 |
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20/21 (25) HCP Med Expansion Yrs. 4-5 |
£325,000 |
£325,000 |
£0 |
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21/22 (155) General expansion |
£8,060,000 |
£3,022,500 |
£5,037,500 |
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22/23 (25) General expansion |
£812,500 |
£487,500 |
£325,000 |
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23/24 (75) General expansion |
£975,000 |
£975,000 |
£0 |
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Primary care increase |
£3,515,000 |
£515,000 |
£3,000,000 |
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Total Medical ACT Model Funding |
£107,803,868 |
£9,585,106 |
£98,218,762 |
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20/21 (25) HCP Med Expansion Yrs. 1-3 |
£1,096,875 |
£40,625 |
£1,056,250 |
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22/23 (5) HCP Med Expansion Yrs 1-3 |
£121,875 |
£73,125 |
£48,750 |
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18/19 (55) ScotGEM expansion |
£4,372,500 |
-£27,500 |
£4,400,000 |
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22/23 (15) ScotGEM expansion |
£592,500 |
£392,500 |
£200,000 |
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Total Medical ACT recurrent Funding |
£113,987,618 |
£10,063,856 |
£103,923,762 |
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Non recurrent |
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Additional 115 non recurrent intake 100 20/21 and 15 21/22 |
£2,242,500 |
£0 |
£2,242,500 |
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Total Funding for 23/24 Medical ACT model |
£116,230,118 |
£10,063,856 |
£106,166,262 |
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Information taken from 2023/24 Medical ACT Allocation letters sent to Boards. |
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This page was last updated on: 19.03.2024 at 14.56
