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Table 6 Summary of costs of children palliative care services across 3 hubs in North Wales in 2008-2009

From: Evidence-based planning and costing palliative care services for children: novel multi-method epidemiological and economic exemplar

Service

North West Wales

Conwy and Denbighshire

Wrexham and Flintshire

Total

Reference

Community children's nursing services

£111355

£120443

£72110

£303908 *

NHS reference costs 2007-2008

Specialist nurse teams

    

NHS reference costs 2007–2008 and [28]

Cystic fibrosis service

£23547

£15698

£26292

£65537 *

Cancer

£39245

£73438

£39245

£151927 *

Hospital services

    

NHS reference costs 2006–2007 (adjusted) and 2007-2008

admission

£56774

£187037

£69067

£312877 **

outpatient

£26712

£46937

£21176

£94825 **

ward

£1567

 

£40463

£42030 **

Hospice services

  

£2487366

£2487366

Consolidated financial statements 2008

Continuing care packages

£350000

£303079

£1421961

£2075040

Information obtained from financial managers

Total cost

£609200

£746632

£4177680

£5533512

 
  1. *cost of employment excluding travel expenses.
  2. **cost exclude specialist procedures and high-cost drugs.