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WQ.411/2024
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES
BY DEPUTY I. GARDINER OF ST. HELIER NORTH
QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 11th NOVEMBER 2024
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 18th NOVEMBER 2024
Question
"Will the Minister provide information on the average daily cost of hospital admissions for 2022 and 2023, as well as anticipated costs for 2024 in line with inflation, broken down by the following types of stay –
- Elective (Planned);
- Non-elective (Emergency);
- Critical Care (Intensive Care Unit); and
- Standard Bed?"
Answer
The below table shows 2022 information extracted from the Person Level Information & Costing System (PLICS) analysis:
Average
Number of cost per
Total 2022 Number of individual episode Total Length Average 'cost Admission Type Cost (£) episodes people (£) of stay per day' (£)
Non Elective 84,379,294 15,547 7,217 5,427 75,580 1,116 Elective 16,783,296 4,487 2,826 3,740 8,898 1,886 Day Case 14,376,141 9,998 8,142 1,438 1,438
From the 2022 Person Level Information & Costing System (PLICS) analysis, we can provide the above figures, we are unable to provide the specific breakdown into categories a)-d) requested above.
This includes all admission costs, not just direct ward costs i.e. if patients have had a theatre procedure, diagnostic tests, drugs, critical care etc these costs are included in the above table.
The different wards (i.e. Critical care or a general ward) costs are not broken down in the PLICS dashboard. It is therefore not possible to provide a breakdown as requested to differentiate between Critical Care' and a Standard Bed'.
The PLICS model is currently only updated to 2022, so equivalent numbers to the above table for 2023 and 2024 are not available.