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<p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p>The majority of
National Health Service funding is allocated to NHS England, primarily for the commissioning
of healthcare services from a range of primary and secondary care providers. NHS England
allocates funding to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). The model for CCG allocations
is made up of three separate formulas – CCG core allocations, primary care and specialised
services. Each formula is made up of a number of segments (for example, services covered
by CCG core allocations include the segments maternity, mental health, prescribing,
general and acute and supply needs). Each segment may be affected by the local population’s
attributes, for example sex, age, morbidity, rates of disability, excess deaths and
deprivation, plus wider factors associated with health needs including housing status
and unemployment.</p><p>The statistical allocations formula is built up from data,
which the NHS holds on individuals and their use of hospital services. This person-based
approach helps ensure accuracy and takes account of local variation in health needs.
Data for patients in general practitioner (GP) practices are linked to their treatment
records, to calculate overall cost of care. The costs of health services for millions
of real patients over a number of years are reviewed. Statistical analysis identifies
factors, which can be used to predict future spending, for a given sex-age group in
any GP practice in England (all data used is non-identifiable). Allocations reflect
and build on information about spending patterns, but they do not report past spending
patterns and therefore it is not possible to calculate costs per patient and so therefore
not possible to calculate costs by gender over a given time period.</p>
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