NHS Expenditure Programme Budgets, 2008-09

Statistics on NHS Expenditure Programme Budgets include data for Local Health Boards (LHBs) in Wales and Health Commission Wales (HCW) for the financial years 2005-06 to 2008-09. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 28 April 2009.

Key points for the 2009 financial year are:

• The largest single programme budget category is spending on mental health problems, which amounted to 11.6% of the total.
• 11.4% of expenditure overall was commissioned by the specialist agency Health Commission Wales. HCW’s largest expenditure was on circulation problems, where it amounted to £98.1 million or 20.4% of the Wales spend.
• Spending per head of the population ranged from £6.20 on renal problems to £196.60 on mental health problems.

Further information can be found on the StatsWales website.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 3134
E-mail: stats.healthinfo@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

April 2011 (provisional - to be confirmed on the 'Due Out Soon' page)