Health Services: Private Sector
(asked on 18th December 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times he has met representatives of private healthcare providers since May 2010.
The table below shows National Health Service commissioner spend on non-NHS bodies including those from the private sector.
NHS Commissioners' spend on non NHS bodies by organisation type | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 (restated) | 2016/17 |
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Other independent sector1 | 3,757 | 4,376 | 4,915 | 5,249 |
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Independent Service Treatment Centres2 | 387 | 381 | 405 | 420 |
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Total spend on independent sector1,2 | 4,144 | 4,757 | 5,320 | 5,669 | 6,467 | 8,067 | 8,818 | 9,007 |
Voluntary sector3 | 554 | 594 | 597 | 543 | 510 | 526 | 545 | 757 |
Local authorities4 | 2,729 | 3,085 | 2,639 | 2,772 | 2,473 | 1,774 | 2,869 | 2,909 |
Devolved Administrations5 |
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Total spend on all non NHS bodies1,2,3,4,5 | 7,427 | 8,436 | 8,556 | 8,984 | 9,450 | 10,367 | 12,232 | 12,746 |
Total NHS revenue expenditure | 94,422 | 97,469 | 100,266 | 102,570 | 106,495 | 110,554 | 114,730 | 117,006 |
Spend on independent sector as a % of total NHS revenue spend | 4.4% | 4.9% | 5.3% | 5.5% | 6.1% | 7.3% | 7.7% | 7.7% |
Notes:
1The numbers above have been collected separately from audited accounts data and may include estimations.
2Numbers shown in the table above have been adjusted to show the Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) impact of the spending. This adjustment specifically relates to Continuing Health Care provisions which are attributed to expenditure in accounts as provisions arise but only impact on the DEL when paid.
3NHS England has carried out further validation work on the 2015/16 numbers previously reported and restated some categorisations.
4NHS England and the Department have made changes to the categories for 2016/17. The Voluntary Sector category now includes other not for profit organisations who have social objectives for the benefit of the wider community, such as Community Interest Companies. A new category has also been included for devolved administrations.
The Department adheres to transparent Government guidelines and publishes quarterly returns on Ministerial meetings with external organisations. The data for 2011 onwards is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-overseas-travel-and-meetings
Similar information for 2010 is available here: