PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
NHS: Finance (12 October 2016)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total financial deficit for the NHS in England was at the end of June 2016.

Asked by:
Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat)

Answer

The National Health Service consists of providers (NHS trusts and foundation trusts), NHS England and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs).

The provider sector reported a year-to-date deficit of £461 million at Q1 2016/17, £5 million ahead of plan. The reported sector position represented an improvement compared to the same period last year, which saw an aggregate sector deficit of £930 million.

The link below gives NHS Improvement Quarterly performance of the provider sector as at 30 June 2016:

https://improvement.nhs.uk/uploads/documents/Q1_201617_provider_sector_performance_report_-_FINAL25082016.pdf

NHS England reported a year-to-date deficit of £24 million at Q1 2016-17. Details can be found via the link below to the NHS England Board Report as at 30 June 2016:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/item8-28-07-16.pdf

The CCGs reported a year-to-date deficit of £57.4 million at Q1 2016-17. Details of the individual CCG surplus/deficits can be found via the link below to the CCG Financial Performance Report as at 30 June 2016:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/fin-info-1st-qrt-16-17-v2.pdf


Answered by:
Philip Dunne (Conservative)
17 October 2016

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