FM to confirm 2.5 billion increase in spending.
Record investment to ensure Scotland's NHS is ready to meet changing patient demands and the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will be at the heart of the 2021/22 Programme for Government (PFG) next week.
The PfG will confirm plans to introduce an unprecedented increase in frontline health spending of 20% over the current Parliament.
The first rise will be confirmed in the 2022/23 budget being published later this year and will provide additional funding of at least 2.5 billion by 2026/27.
The PfG will be set out by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday September 7th, and will also include measures to drive a green, fair economic recovery, create a land of opportunity for our children and young people, and achieve a just transition to net zero.
It will also confirm plans to introduce legislation in the coming year to establish a new National Care Service in Scotland by the end of the current Parliament, transforming the way health and social care services are provided.
The First Minister said: "We owe our health and social care services, and the extraordinary staff who kept them running in the toughest of years, our immense gratitude.
"As we emerge from the pandemic, we will strengthen and improve our health and social care system so that everyone gets the care they need, while recognising and repaying the efforts of staff given the toll the pandemic has had on them.
"We are already...
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