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Hospitals: Per Capita Costs

Commons · Question 74192 · Tabled 2 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 10 Sep 2025

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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...