Health finance

All Standard Notes
11 Documents
DateDescription
16.04.2013Health expenditure: Social Indicators page
Health expenditure: Social Indicators page. By Rachael Harker. SN/SG/2640.
05.11.2012Regional pay in the NHS
This standard note provides background to the House of Commons Opposition-day debate on regional pay in the NHS on 7 November 2012.
28.09.2012NHS Charges for Overseas Visitors
NHS Charges for Overseas Visitors. By Thomas Powell. SN/SP/3051.
19.09.2012EU bibliographies: Directive on cross-border health care
This Note brings together documents relevant to the draft directive on the application of patients' rights in cross-border healthcare (EC Draft 11307/2008).
03.04.2012NHS Expenditure
NHS Expenditure by Rachael Harker. Documents NHS expenditure since 1948; summary of the structure of the NHS and how it is financed; description of how Primary Care Trusts are allocated funding
24.05.2011Health expenditure: international comparisons
In the UK expenditure on health comes largely from public funds, with 82.6% of total expenditure on health coming from public expenditure. This is the fifth highest proportion among OECD countries and is similar to other northern European countries. In the United States less than half of total health expenditure comes from public funds.
25.01.2011NHS Commissioning
21.10.2010Primary Care Trusts: funding and expenditure
A description of the process by which allocations are made to Primary Care Trusts in England; an analysis of local differences in funding levels; and details of PCT expenditure by health area
14.10.2010Pay in the NHS
This note gives details of pay bands and actual earnings of hospital doctors, GPs and other NHS staff in England
06.03.2009The Prescription Charge
This note provides information and sources for Members answering constituents' queries about entitlement to free prescriptions, including the Government's proposals for the future. It covers England. Although it focuses on the prescription charge, the main sources mentioned also provide information on other NHS charges.
16.10.2008NHS Expenditure on Agency Staff
Trends in expenditure on non-NHS (agency etc.) staff amongst NHS Trusts, PCTs, SHAs, and in the NHS as a whole.
All Research Papers
1 Documents
DateDescription
03.12.1998Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Bill: Bill 3 1998/99
The Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Bill: Bill 3 1998/99. House of Commons Library Research Paper 98/108.