NHS Ayrshire & Arran says its £26.4 million budget deficit won’t get worse despite higher than anticipated pay agreements and the increasing cost of medicines.
Finance director Derek Lindsay told Ayrshire and Arran health board that the ‘open cheque book’ that had seen considerable funding come from the Scottish Government during the pandemic would no longer be available.
Mr Lindsay pointed out that Ayrshire and Arran, which has a budget of around £762m, had operated deficit budgets – where expenditure is more than income – since before the Covid hit.
