§ Sir Wyn RobertsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish information on the management costs of NHS trusts in Wales; and if he will make a statement. [6023]
§ Mr. RichardsNHS trusts are now required to publish their management costs in their audited annual accounts. The accounts most recently published are for the financial year 1994–95. The following table shows the management costs of NHS trusts in Wales for that year, as audited and reported in their accounts, in cash terms and as a percentage of each trust's income.
The definition of management used is the M1 figure devised by the Audit Commission. It includes the salaries of all managers—except those who are primarily clinicians—who earn more than £20,000 per year, and of managers in a few other specified posts regardless of salary, and the costs of management consultancy.
Hospitals and other services which are not part of a trust or did not become trusts until April 1995 are not included in the table.
Alongside ever-improving health, service and choice, first-class stewardship of resources is a key task for the health service. That is why, in "Caring for the Future", we set the target of transferring £12.5 million per year from 569W management to patient care in the period from 1994–95 to 1996–97. Trusts in Wales are playing an essential part in this, and with the publication of trust management costs this year we can see the first fruits of that policy.
The figures are lower than they would otherwise be because of the transfers that have already been made. I expect next year's figures to be lower still, as they will reflect some of the transfers being made in the present
Management costs of NHS trusts in Wales, 1994–95 Income Management costs (MI) Name of trust Type of trust £000s £000s Percentage of income Glan Clwyd NHS Trust Acute 57,924 1,702 2.94 Wrexham Maelor NHS Trust Acute 53,103 1,881 3.54 Clwydian Community NHS Trust Community/Mental Health 64,164 2,385 3.72 North Wales Ambulance NHS Trust Ambulance 12,225 516 4.22 Carmarthen and District NHS Trust Acute/Community 38,416 1,207 3.14 Llanelli Dinefwr NHS Trust Acute/Community 31,037 812 2.62 Ceredigion NHS Trust Acute/Community 23,116 831 3.59 Derwen NHS Trust Mental Health/Illness 22,443 954 4.25 Glan Hafren NHS Trust Acute 93,222 2,633 2.82 Neville Hall NHS Trust Acute 40,707 1,463 3.59 Gwent Community NHS Trust Community/Mental Health 57,340 2,699 4.71 Gwynedd Hospitals NHS Trust Acute 60,476 1,982 3.28 Gwynedd Community NHS Trust Community/Mental Health 47,819 1,636 3.42 Bridgend and District NHS Trust Acute/Mental Health 64,002 1,558 2.43 Rhondda NHS Trust Acute/Community 29,190 993 3.40 East Glamorgan NHS Trust Acute/Community 47,445 1,678 3.54 Mid Glamorgan Ambulance NHS Trust Ambulance 7,793 1,002 12.86 Pembrokeshire NHS Trust Acute/Community 41,986 1,873 4.46 Powys Healthcare NHS Trust Acute/Community 41,887 1,882 4.49 Llandough NHS Trust Acute/Community 50,400 2,268 4.50 Velindre NHS Trust Acute 10,579 619 5.85 South and East Wales Ambulance Trust Ambulance 17,571 1,119 6.37 Swansea NHS Trust Acute 54,264 1,233 2.27 Morriston NHS Trust Acute 62,146 1,609 2.59 Median 3.57 Mean 3.55