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Niche Health and Social Care Consulting: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

Asked by Tim FarronLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 9 September 2024UIN 2790

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS England spent on (a) fees and (b) other costs for work by Niche Health and Social Care Consulting in relation to urology services at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust in (a) 2019/20, (b) 2020/21 and (c) 2021/22.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The following table shows how much NHS England spent on fees and other costs for work by Niche Health and Social Care Consulting, in relation to urology services at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMB), in 2019/20, 2020/21, and 2021/22:

Activity commissioned

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

Fees

VAT

Fees

VAT

Fees

VAT

Independent investigation into urology services at UHMB

£58,870.15

£11,774.04

£541,812.75

£108,362.58

£335,690.66

£67,138.13

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