Widespread variations remain in local NHS spending - new analysis from The King's Fund

Widespread variations in how much the NHS spends locally on different diseases – even after the different needs of local communities are taken into account – are revealed today in a new report from The King’s Fund. NHS spending: local variations in priorities: an update analyses Department of Health data covering the financial years 2004/5, 2005/6 and 2006/7. The report provides an update to a previous report from The King’s Fund in 2006, which for the first time analysed the varying amounts primary care trusts (PCTs) in England spend on diseases such as cancer, mental health and circulatory diseases (such as heart disease).

(Published August 2008, 8 pages)