Written question asked by Lord Lansley (Conservative) on Friday, 13 April 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 17 April 2007. It was answered by Andy Burnham (Labour) on Monday, 14 May 2007 on behalf of the Department of Health.

NHS: Finance

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if she will list the titles of all studies into NHS deficits (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned by her Department since March 2006;

Answer: In his report on national health service financial performance 2005-06, published in June 2006, the Department’s director General of Finance and Investment commissioned further detailed analysis from the Department’s Chief Economic Advisor, asking him to consider factors that may have caused the emergence of deficits in 2004-05 and contributed to their geographical distribution. The Chief Economist’s report, entitled ““Explaining NHS deficits, 2003-04 to 2005-06””, was published on the 20 February 2007, and a copy is available in the Library.Two further internal studies on NHS deficits have been undertaken by the Department since March 2006 and were completed before the Chief Economist published his report. These are:"““System change and financial imbalance: the dynamics of deficits””, May 2006. A copy has been placed in the Library.""““Financial management and control””, which has already been published as annex E to the chief economist report."

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 131870; 460 c609W
Session: 2006-07
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP 07/1155
Monday, 14 May 2007
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects: Finance NHS
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