NHS: Working Hours
(asked on 15th December 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on out-of-hours services in (a) cash and (b) real terms in each of the last five years.
The amount spent on out-of-hours services in cash and real terms in each of the last five years is represented in the table below:
| 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
Cash terms | £403,837,000 | £397,175,000 | £403,081,000 | £396,247,000 | £399,433,000 |
Real terms | £403,837,000 | £386,480,000 | £385,331,000 | £372,587,000 | £368,785,000 |
Cash terms from Health and Social Care Information Centre data ‘Investment in General Practice’ via:
http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB14900/inve-gene-prac-eng-wal-ni-scot-09-14-rep.pdf
Real prices are presented in 2009-10 prices, based on the latest GDP deflators (from December 2014). Figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000.
In addition, the Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund is making available £50 million this year and £100 million next year to improve access to general practitioners.