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<p>The requested information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The available information
is provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>The Department holds expenditure data
for National Health Service trusts as part of the year end accounts consolidation
process. The data is held for the trust which a hospital belongs to rather than for
individual hospitals.</p><p> </p><p>External Consultant Spend by Trust (2011/12-2015/16)</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Epsom and St Helier University
(£000)</p></td><td><p>Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (£000)</p></td><td><p>Royal
Surrey County NHS Foundation Trust (£000)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2,836</p></td><td><p>881</p></td><td><p>2,067</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1,525</p></td><td><p>1,036</p></td><td><p>1,216</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1,289</p></td><td><p>509</p></td><td><p>2,288</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>1,215</p></td><td><p>502</p></td><td><p>3,165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>1,784</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>2,537</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source:
</em>Department of Health Accounts and NHS Improvement</p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p>1.
This information is based on the Cabinet Office definition of “Consultancy Services”
(https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/405538/6.1_Cons_definitions.pdf):</p><p>“Assistance
provided by consultancy services provided outside the ’business-as-usual’ environment
when in-house skills are not available and will be of no essential consequence and
time-limited. Consultancy may include the identification of options with recommendations,
or assistance with (but not delivery of) the implementation of solutions.”</p><p>
</p><p>This is not the same as spend on external medical consultants; which would
have to be obtained from trusts/foundation trusts directly.</p><p> </p><p>2. This
guidance is issued to NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts as part of the Department’s
Group Accounting Manual, and can be seen on pages 160/161 of that document.</p>
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