The Local government expenditure including mental illness grant is excluded. The section on local government finance shows the GAE figures for social work.
Every individual has a right to high quality health and community care.
Access to and the quality of services must be determined by need and not by ability to pay or by where you live. We are investing an additional 1.8 billion in health in Scotland cumulatively over this and the next 2 years. This fulfils our commitment to increase NHS spending substantially in real terms each year. Additional money will allow us to invest in modern, high quality health services that give people the treatment they need as conveniently as possible. The modern NHS must care as well as it cures, it must be responsive to those it serves.