NHS Expenditure Programme Budgets, 2009-10

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 2009-10. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 22 April 2010.

Key Points for 2009-10

• Total expenditure for all programme budget categories was £5,231 million or £1,744 per head of the population. Expenditure in 2009-10 was 3.4 per cent higher than expenditure in 2008-09.
• The largest single programme budget category was spending on mental health problems, which amounted to 11.6 per cent of the total.
• 11.6 per cent of expenditure overall was commissioned by the specialist agency Health Commission Wales (HCW). HCW’s largest expenditures were on circulation problems, where it funded £98.9 million (22 per cent of the Wales spend) and trauma including burns and injuries (£97.5 million or 26 per cent of the Wales spend).
• Spending per head of the population ranged from £5.9 on renal problems to £202.5 on mental health problems.

Contact

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

Next update

March 2012 (provisional - to be confirmed on the 'Due Out Soon' page)