NHS Dumfries & Galloway

Public Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2010

Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 came into force on 1st October 2010.  The new duties of the Scottish Government and public bodies under part 3 of the Act is to publish a range of financial and other information intended to promote openness and transparency across the public sector in Scotland.

Additional financial and performance information is contained in the Annual Accounts.

2022-23
2021-22
2020-21
2019-20 
2018-19
2017-18

Finance and Performance 

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Public Relations
 2020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25
Publicity & Advertising     
Press Advertising etc£0£0£0£0£0
Radio Advertising£0£0£0£0£0
TV Advertising£0£0£0£0£0
Advertising – Web/Online£0£2,550£3,054£1,284£0
Books/leaflets – printing etc£1,226£5,935£11,074£5,438£3,236
Publicity General£4,443£4,663£11,103£14,881£13,546
Total£5,669£13,148£25,230£21,603£16,782
Other External Advertising
2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25
Employment Recruitment £554,526 £100,423 £184,257 £140,431 £161,586
PR Campaigns and Events
2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25
Acute Services Redevelopment £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Putting You First £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
All Meeting Room Hire £0 £1,482 £19,451 £5,604 £3,708
Total £0 £1,482 £19,451 £5,604 £3,708
Corporate Communications
 2020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25
Number of Employees45555
      
Communication Department Salaries£86,745£206,762£247,105£266,580£283,556
Press Advertising£0£125£330£0£69,656
Publicity – general£480£0£0£0£0
Web & other IT costs£0£0£0£0£0
Communications – Other£11,537£17,748£24,998£25,186£1,605
Total£98,763£224,635£272,433£291,767£354,816

Expenditure included:
Publicity and Advertising – Costs associated with “corporate communications” are included in these costs and also shown separately in their section.
Corporate Communications – All employee and other expenditure included.

Note:
Expenditure on events and external meeting room hire is not recorded separately.

Overseas Travel
 2020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25
Number of Trips01697
Total Cost£0£1,363£5,235£7,237£5,652

Note:
Expenditure relates to Clinical Staff development.
Full cost of trip from departure to return where funded by the Board.
Costs include: travel, accommodation, course fees, registration fees, conference fees and other
associated costs.
Some of this expenditure has been resourced from endowment funds.

Hospitality & Entertainment
 2020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25
Hospitality & Entertainment£27,355£22,588£43,385£53,443£32,181

Additional Information:
The Act requires the following to be disclosed: Any gifts, meals, parties, receptions, tickets for or invitations to public, sporting, cultural or other events or other similar benefits accorded by a public body to its own members or employees or third parties for whatever reason.

The Act allows for “one off” gifts of less than £25.
The information above includes the provision of teas/coffees/sandwiches etc for training courses held on site.

Note: 
No expenditure has been incurred in any year for the following – Client entertainment, gifts, tickets for or invitations to public, sporting, cultural or other events or other similar benefits accorded by a public body to its own members or employees or third parties for whatever reason.

External Consultancy
 2020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25
Consultancy£329,465£79,553£54,703£361,915£441,174
Estates£239,441£240,226£37,959£587,188£515,617
IT Projects£3,040£7,070£116,152£187,134£123,127
Training & Development£3,260£340£340£3,091£9,446
Total£575,206£327,189£209,154£1,139,329£1,089,365

Note:
Estates now includes costs associated with the Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary redevelopment

Payments over £25,000

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Payments over £25,000

 Members or employees who received remuneration in excess of £150,000
 2020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25
Executive Board Members     
Clinical     
Medical Director11111
Director of Public Health00111
Total Clinical11222
Non Clinical00000
Total Board Members11222
      
Senior Employees     
Clinical3841455369
Non Clinical00000
Total Senior Employees3841455369
      
Total3942475571

Includes:
Salary, bonus or other discretionary performance payments, allowances, fees, royalties (including any relating to a prior year).

Excludes:
Pension, voluntary severance, compromise agreements and redundancy payments.

Number of employees is as stated in the Annual Accounts for the relevant year.
Links to the published Annual Accounts by year are included on the “Public Service Reform Act”
home page. For additional data refer to the “Remuneration Report” for Executive Board Members and “Note 2(b)” for Senior Managers sections in these documents.

If you have a query under Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, please write to:

Communications/Freedom of Information Officer
Chief Executive’s Office
Ground North
Mountainhall Treatment Centre
Bankend Road
Dumfries DG1 4AP

Email: dg.feedback2@nhs.scot
Telephone: 01387 272752

Information can still be requested via the Freedom of Information (Scotland) 2002