HC Deb 15 January 1990 vol 165 cc82-3W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will state(a) the members of the working party on National Health Service costing and their expertise, (b) the terms of reference of this working party, (c) when the working party expects to report and (d) whether he will place its conclusions in the Library.

Mr. Freeman

The working party is made up of a number of health authority directors of finance and departmental officers, including accountants and an economist.

Its remit is:

  1. (i) to assist the NHS Management Executive in developing the principles for costing and pricing hospital services; and
  2. (ii) to provide guidance to the NHS on the application of these principles.

The NHSME will shortly issue a discussion draft on the cost allocation principles for contract pricing. More detailed guidance will follow later in the year.

When the guidance exists in final form it will be placed in the Library.

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