NHS research, support and treatment costs
The Department of Health requires that NHS costs are split
into three categories: research, support and treatment.
See
Attributing the costs of health and social care research - GOV.UK
(www.gov.uk) for further information.
The aim is to clarify the distinction between research costs,
NHS support costs and treatment costs in relation to activity
specified in the research application/protocol; and to help
attribution between the NHS and external funder of:
- patient related activity
- clinical staffing and
- placebos and medicines
AcoRD defines the costs as:
Research Costs:
- the costs of the research and development itself that end
where the research ends. They relate to activities that are being
undertaken to answer the research question.
NHS Treatment Costs:
- the patient care costs, which would continue to be incurred if
the patient care service in question continued to be provided after
the research study had stopped.
NHS Support Costs:
- the additional patient care costs associated with the
research, which would end once the R&D study in question had
stopped, even if the patient care involved continued to be
provided.
FAQs
Please see
https://www.nihr.ac.uk/documents/annex-b-dhsc-attributing-the-costs-of-health-and-social-care-research-and-development-acord-faqs/27865 for
additional guidance on attributing costs.
UHBW will need to agree that the support and treatment costs can
be met before you submit your application. Please contact elinor.griffiths@uhbw.nhs.uk
