Payment by Results (PbR) for stroke and transient ischaemic attack (TIA) services

The aim of this fact sheet is to help those affected by Payment by Results (PbR) understand how it works and ensure that the system operates in the best possible way for people in need of stroke care. This fact sheet begins by explaining the PbR tariff and looks at the key issues for stroke and TIA services. PbR is a way of paying for services commissioned on behalf of NHS patients provided by NHS Trusts, NHS Foundation Trusts (FTs), Independent Sector Extended Choice Network providers and PCTs. There is a national price list for all activity within the scope of PbR – this is the “national tariff”. Providers are paid according to the amount of activity they do, multiplied by the relevant tariff price. Activity x Price = Income

(Published July 2007, 13 Pages)