Assessing capital charging in the National Health Service
Assessing capital charging in the National Health Service
Capital charging was introduced into the NHS in 1991, as one of the components of the internal market reforms. Having established context and rationale, this article reviews published surveys of capital charging. It then reports the results of a questionnaire survey conducted in 1994 which probed the views of finance and estates staff in NHS provider units in Scotland as to the efficacy and effects ofcapital charging. Strong support for the principle of capital charging was found, despite considerable evidence of implementation difficulties which had differentially impacted upon Health Boards. Respondents expected that the effects of capital charging would be lower investment and higher disposals, thus leading to a smaller NHS estate.
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Heald, David
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Scott, David Alexander
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28 June 1996
Heald, David
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Scott, David Alexander
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Heald, David and Scott, David Alexander
(1996)
Assessing capital charging in the National Health Service.
Financial Accountability & Management, 12 (3), .
(doi:10.1111/j.1468-0408.1996.tb00424.x).
Abstract
Capital charging was introduced into the NHS in 1991, as one of the components of the internal market reforms. Having established context and rationale, this article reviews published surveys of capital charging. It then reports the results of a questionnaire survey conducted in 1994 which probed the views of finance and estates staff in NHS provider units in Scotland as to the efficacy and effects ofcapital charging. Strong support for the principle of capital charging was found, despite considerable evidence of implementation difficulties which had differentially impacted upon Health Boards. Respondents expected that the effects of capital charging would be lower investment and higher disposals, thus leading to a smaller NHS estate.
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Published date: 28 June 1996
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