Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 78130

NHS: Productivity

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 21 October 2025

Question

Stuart Andrew

ConservativeDaventry

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 Smyth
National 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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