Financial reports
Annual accounting figures
In the year 2009/10, our net operating costs were £618 million. This was spent as follows:
Secondary (hospital) care - £314m
Primary Care (GP, dentists, pharmacists and optometrist services) - £88m
Community Health - £60m
Prescribing - £59m
Mental Health - £35m
Continuing and Funded Nurse Care - £25m
Commissioning costs - £14m
Funded impairments - £7m
Learning Disability Units - £7m
Other headings - £6m
Our spending in the year 2008/09 was (£ millions):
Secondary Care - £311,764
Primary Care - £81,616
Provider Services - £80,183
Prescribing - £56,493
Continuing / Funded Care - £24,179
Offender Care - £5,760
Directorates and Other Costs - £5,819
Spending over £25,000 per year
This authority is required by law to protect the public funds it administers. It may share information provided to it with other bodies responsible for auditing or administering public funds, in order to prevent and detect fraud.
The Audit Commission appoints the auditor to audit the accounts of this authority. It is also responsible for carrying out data matching exercises.
Data matching involves comparing computer records held by one body against other computer records held by the same or another body to see how far they match. This is usually personal information. Computerised data matching allows potentially fraudulent claims and payments to be identified.
Where a match is found it indicates that there is an inconsistency that requires further investigation. No assumption can be made as to whether there is fraud, error or other explanation until an investigation is carried out.
The Audit Commission currently requires us to participate in a data matching exercise to assist in the prevention and detection of fraud. We are required to provide particular sets of data to the Audit Commission for matching for each exercise, and these are set out in the Audit Commission’s guidance.
The use of data by the Audit Commission in a data matching exercise is carried out with statutory authority under its powers in Part 2A of the Audit Commission Act 1998. It does not require the consent of the individuals concerned under the Data Protection Act 1998.
Data matching by the Audit Commission is subject to a Code of Practice. Also available is information on the the Audit Commission’s legal powers and the reasons why it matches particular information.
For further information on data matching at this authority contact:
