Diseases: Medical Treatments

(asked on 1st November 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2016 to Question 50285, in relation to which diseases and other long-term conditions his Department has made an assessment of the future cost of treatment to NHS services.


Answered by
 Portrait
David Mowat
This question was answered on 4th November 2016

An ageing population and increasing multimorbidity means both prevalence of long term conditions (LTCs) and the associated treatment costs to the National Health Service are expected to increase.

The Department’s Long Term Condition Compendium of Information, published in 2012, estimates that over 15 million children, adults and older people in England live with at least one LTC. This figure is set to increase to around 18 million by 2025.

In addition, between 60% and 70% of the total health and care spend in England is associated with caring for people with LTCs. The annual health and social care cost per person per year for a person without an LTC is £1,000, this rises to £3,000 for those with one LTC, and £8,000 for those with three. The additional cost to the NHS and social care for the increase in co-morbidities is likely to be £5 billion in 2018 compared to 2011. The Compendium can be found at the link below:

www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/216528/dh_134486.pdf

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