Expenditure on maternity and neonatal services
Case reference FOI2026/00525
Received 2 March 2026
Published 16 March 2026
Request
Dear Freedom of Information Team, I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide:
1.Total annual expenditure on maternity services for each of the last five complete financial years (2020/21 to 2024/25, or most recent available). For each year, please confirm whether the figures represent: a) direct service‑line costs; b) allocated overheads; c) both of the above.
2.Total annual expenditure on neonatal services for each of the last five complete financial years. For each year, please confirm whether the figures represent: a) direct service‑line costs; b) allocated overheads; c) both of the above.
If available, please also provide any accompanying explanatory notes that clarify how service‑level expenditure is calculated within the Trust.
Response
1. Total annual expenditure on maternity services for each of the last five complete financial years (2020/21 to 2024/25, or most recent available).
For each year, please confirm whether the figures represent:
a) direct service‑line costs;
b) allocated overheads;
c) both of the above.
2. Total annual expenditure on neonatal services for each of the last five complete financial years.
For each year, please confirm whether the figures represent:
a) direct service‑line costs;
b) allocated overheads;
c) both of the above.
If available, please also provide any accompanying explanatory notes that clarify how service‑level expenditure is calculated within the Trust.
The figures are set out below:
|
NCC21 |
NCC22 |
NCC23 |
NCC24 |
NCC25 |
|
|
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
2022/23 |
2023/24 |
2024/25 |
|
|
Maternity Services |
57,938,641 |
57,485,046 |
58,973,831 |
66,169,402 |
66,889,368 |
|
Neonatal Services |
17,419,957 |
16,040,586 |
18,114,883 |
18,137,604 |
17,653,027 |
For Maternity services, this includes all activity as well as NZ Obstetric Medicine HRGs across inpatient, outpatient and community maternity.
For Neonatal services, this includes neonatal babies cared for on maternity ward, transitional care ward or main neonatal unit.
The costs are taken from the annual national cost collection submission for each financial year. For the FOI request, these costs represent c) as the costs include all relevant direct, indirect and overhead costs. Overhead costs will include building related PFI costs, CNST and, for maternity services only, maternity CNST.
Service-level expenditure is calculated following NHS England’s costing standards using patient level data and allocation statistics where these exist. The costing model at OUH is mature.
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