NHS Trusts: Finance
(asked on 15th September 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS trusts in England were in financial deficit in financial year 2022-23.
The table below provides a breakdown of the aggregate deficit position in Integrated Care Systems (ICS) and NHS providers at 2022-23 year-end. Aggregate deficit positions for 2023-24 will be published in the Department of Health and Social Care annual report and accounts: 2023 to 2024.
| 2022-23 Year end |
Total Aggregate Deficit (£m): | |
ICS* | 633 |
NHS providers (NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts) | 702 |
Number of organisations in deficit: | |
ICS* | 20 |
NHS providers (NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts) | 71 |
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Source: NHS England
Note: *Includes Integrated Care Boards plus NHS providers
The 2022-23 year-end debt position of each individual organisation in the NHS will be confirmed in their individual balance sheets included in their accounts, and in aggregate in the DHSC Annual Report and Accounts, due to be published later this year. The Department does not hold in-year reporting data on debt.