Health written question – answered at on 26 April 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the change in the level of expenditure which will arise from allocating the functions of primary care trusts to other organisations under his proposals for NHS reform.
It is intended that the National Health Service Commissioning Board would take responsibility from the Department of Health for commissioning guidelines and the allocation of resources for NHS services. In addition, the board would be responsible for commissioning certain services, including specialised services, worth around £10 billion, primary medical services, worth around £8 billion and other family health services, worth over £3 billion.
Work is continuing to refine these estimates, as well as estimates of the value of other services, such as the public health responsibilities that would transfer from primary care trusts to Public Health England, including its grants to local authorities.
The proposed restructuring will enable the costs of administration across the health system to be reduced by one third in real terms, delivering savings of over £5 billion by 2014-15 and £1.7 billion every year thereafter. All of these savings will be available to re-invest in patient care.
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