Annex C
AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION ON THE COSTS
OF EXTERNAL CONSULTANCY BOUGHT IN BY PCTS.
At present, the Department of Health collects
data on its own use of management consultants, but it does not
collate and report detailed information on the use of consultants
by NHS organisations.
The Department has committed to collating and
reporting the overall expenditure by NHS organisations on management
consultancy each year with effect from the financial return for
2009-10, which will be published in summer 2010.
Paragraph 3.53 of "The Operating Framework:
for the NHS in England 2010-11",[1]
published in December 2009, states that: "……..all
organisations must ensure they code their costs accurately and
consistently on ESR to enable fair and effective comparisons.
All organisations must report in their audited accounts details
of their management costs, management consultancy costs and expenditure
on temporary and agency staff to enable comprehensive benchmarking
and cost control".
1 http://www.dh.gov.uk/dr_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/@ps/@sta/@perf/documents/digitalasset/dh_110159.pdf Back
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