NHS Tayside’s budget will rise by 5.8% this year after health secretary Shona Robison announced record levels of spending on NHS Scotland.
Nearly £13 billion will be spent on the health service in 2016-17.
NHS Tayside’s budget will rise by £38 million to £699.1m the third-highest rise awarded to Scotland’s 14 health boards. NHS Fife will receive a 5.1% increase to £604.3m.
Cash-strapped NHS Tayside is still likely to have to find ways to save money despite the rise in funding.
It had to go cap in hand to the Scottish Government for a £14.2m bailout in order to balance the books last year and has already overspent by £11m this year, despite having to find £27m of savings by the end of March.
NHS Tayside interim director of finance, Lindsay Bedford, said: “We welcome today’s allocation announcement from the Scottish Government.
“NHS Tayside is finalising its financial plan for 2016-17.
“The plan is integral to the delivery of the board’s five-year transformation programme and will go to the board for approval in March 2016.”
Across Scotland, funding for territorial health boards will rise by an average of 5.5% next year.
The Scottish Government said this will enable the investment of an additional £250m to support the integration of health and social care between health boards an councils.
The funding for the integration of health and social care will be split between the new partnerships.
Dundee City Council will receive £7.65m for the integration of health and social care, Fife £16.83m, Angus £5.34m and Perth and Kinross £6.54m.
Capital investment will increase by £292m to £495m, which will support the new Edinburgh Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary, National Blood Transfusion Centre and the replacement Balfour Hospital in Orkney.
Shona Robison said: “The Scottish Government’s commitment to increasing health board budgets demonstrates our continuing investment in improving care.
“People in Scotland should get the care and support they need in the right place at the right time, which is why we are transforming our health and social care system to make sure it keeps pace with Scotland’s changing needs.
The Dundee City East MSP added: “The integration of health and social care, which comes into full force on April 1, is the most significant reform of our health and social care services since the creation of the NHS, and our investment of £250m will help health and social care partnerships improve people’s experience of care.
“This funding will allow people to maintain their independence for as long as possible, in their own homes and communities and mean that fewer people need to go to hospital to receive care.
“Where hospital care is necessary and appropriate, they will spend less time there and return home more quickly.”