Ability to respond agilely to SG requests can be particularly challenging for small health boards. It can be difficult to pull together a bid, and the reporting can be disproportionate for the amount of funding. This results in people in remote and rural areas not benefiting because we haven't got the capacity to pull a bid together. (particularly an issue when SG has money close to end of financial year and wants a fast turn round). SG performance demands – requests require extensive infrastructure and assume a critical mass of people to service needs. For example drugs & alcohol reporting – multiple requests for reporting but with only small teams in Boards they comply with reporting requirements at the detriment of providing the service.
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