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Annex A > Chapter 6 - Funding and Resources


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Chapter 6 - Funding and Resources

Introduction

Funding at a national level

The allocation of resources to the Regional Health Authority

The Resource Allocation Working Party (RAWP)

The distribution of healthcare funds to the regional health authorities

`Top-sliced' funding

Revenue allocation

Capital allocations and capital charges

The pattern of funding in England

Allocations to the South Western Regional Health Authority

The distribution of funds by the Region to district health authorities

The supra regional and regional services: 1984-1990

Revenue allocations

Private funding

Management of funding by the District prior to 1991

UBHT's funding after 1991

Capital funding after 1991

The budget-setting process after 1991

The delegation of budgetary control after 1991

Funding for Paediatric Cardiac Services (PCS)

Contracts for cardiac services

Supra regional funding for the under-1s

The process of contracting

The effect of the cessation of supra regional funding

The financial management of the budget for Paediatric CardiacSurgical Services, 1984-1990

Resources

The relation between funding and clinical services

Cardiac surgery and cardiological services at the BRI

The status of paediatric cardiac surgical services in Bristol

Resources for neonatal work

Strains on resources more generally

Beds

Nursing staff and sessions for cardiac surgery

Equipment

Disruptions in service

Increasing the number of anaesthetists and surgeons


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