Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 78130
NHS: Productivity
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 21 October 2025
Question
Stuart Andrew
Conservative — Daventry
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Patients treated more quickly as NHS productivity rises over year, published on 22 September 2025, how the growth in costs used to measure
Answer
Karin SmythNational Health Service productivity is measured by comparing the amount of healthcare activity delivered, otherwise known as outputs, against the resources used, otherwise known as inputs, over time. To estimate the growth in costs, data is drawn from fi...
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