Guidance

NHS reference costs collection guidance for 2013 to 2014

Requirements for the collection of reference costs from the NHS.

From:
Department of Health and Social Care
Published
7 February 2014

Applies to England

Documents

Reference costs collection guidance for 2013-14

PDF, 873 KB, 122 pages

Details

This document sets out requirements for the collection of 2013 to 2014 reference costs from NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts between 23 June and 1 August 2014. It follows feedback from the NHS on draft collection guidance.

This guidance forms chapter 3 of Monitor’s ‘Approved Costing Guidance’, which brings together NHS costing and cost collection guidance.

Reference costs are:

  • the average unit cost to the NHS of providing secondary healthcare to NHS patients
  • used to set prices for NHS-funded services in England
  • collected and published annually

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Published 7 February 2014

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