Hospitals: Per Capita Costs
Commons · Question 74192 · Tabled 2 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 10 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential financial impact of aligning funding to the average per-patient spend of the top quarter most efficient hospitals on rural hospitals.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 10 Sep 2025
The basis of the funding allocated to providers is set out in the National Payment Scheme, with further information available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/pay-syst/nhs-payment-scheme/This includes setting out the prices paid where fund...