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This year (2010/11), NHS Grampian will spend a total of £915m to provide health services to over 500,000 people. This equates to about £1,830 per head.

NHS Grampian spends around 70% of its budget on staff. The remaining 30% of funding is spent on drugs, medical supplies, energy and other running costs.

Did you know that 38,000 outpatient appointments were not attended last year? This resulted in approximately £3.5million wasted resources. Please let us know in good time if you cannot attend you appointment so we can give this to someone else.

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NHS Grampian has financial challenges to deal with over the coming years, but has plans in place to continue to use public funding wisely to keep improving health and provide health services.

So what will this mean for you?

Providing more services in community and home settings rather than in higher cost hospital beds
Reshaping the workforce to ensure that the right skill levels are being used to ensure value for money in everything we do
Prioritising service provision, recognising that difficult decisions sometimes have to be made
Saving on administration costs by sharing services with other organisations in the NHS and elsewhere
Continuously streamlining everything we do, and so avoiding waste and duplication so that every pound we spend adds value
More and better care for less resource
More efficient use of taxpayers' money
Staff who feel they really can make a difference
Improved experience for patients
Improved outcomes for patients
Cost savings for the NHS.

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So what will this mean for you?

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