How Your Money Is Spent
Everyone wants to know that health services are there whenever you, your family or your friends need them. NHS Oxfordshire is responsible for making sure those services are in place and meet your needs. One of our main roles is to plan, pay for and monitor health improvement and health care services locally.
This process is known as commissioning. Oxfordshire has a population of over 600,000 with a budget of £903 million to spend on your healthcare. This money is used to plan and buy healthcare from hospitals, mental health and ambulance services.
In order to improve the health of the population we work closely with Oxfordshire County Council, the voluntary sector, local district councils, hospitals and other local partners to ensure we have the best and most efficient services for the people of Oxfordshire.
Annual Report
Each year NHS Oxfordshire produces an Annual Report which explains how it has spent its money in the previous year. You are able to download a copy of the Annual Report from this website or you can obtain a copy from NHS Oxfordshire.
Go to Annual Report
Our annual budget - how it is spent
Our annual budget of £903 million works out at around £1,725 per person in 2009-10.
Here is how we spend that money on your behalf. Out of every £100 spent:
- £48 on hospital services - £30 of which goes to Oxford Radcliffe
Hospitals NHS Trust (ORH)
- £12 on primary health care
- £12 on mental health and learning disability services
- £9 on medicines
- £9 on community health services
- £5 on building and operational costs
- £2 on ambulance services
- £1 on community and voluntary organisations that provide health and
healthy living services
- £1 on public health services and health promotion
- £1 on management costs