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Freedom of Information request NHS Budget and Spending Breakdown

Response published: 17 October 2025
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FOI Request

I would like to request a complete breakdown of all NHS spending and expenditure for the most recent full financial year. I am seeking a comprehensive account of how the entire NHS budget is allocated and spent, covering all categories and sub-categories of expenditure, including every item and contract where possible. Specifically, I am requesting all spending information across the NHS, including but not limited to: Staffing costs (all salaries, benefits, training, recruitment, agency staff, consultancy fees, etc.) Hospital and primary care service expenditure Administrative and management costs Procurement and contracts (medical supplies, pharmaceuticals, PPE, IT, external services, etc.) Capital projects (buildings, infrastructure, IT systems, digital programmes) Payments to private providers, charities, and third-party organisations Regional, trust-level, and other local allocations of funding Research and development expenditure Any other areas of expenditure not listed above I request this information at the most detailed level available, including line-by-line or transaction-level data if such records exist, so that every pound spent can be accounted for. If the complete dataset is too large to provide by email, please advise on the format in which it is held and how it can be accessed. My preference would be to receive the information electronically, ideally in an open format such as Excel or CSV. Thank you for your assistance. I look forward to your response within the statutory timeframe.

FOI Response

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 211-2025

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.

You asked:

I request a complete breakdown of all NHS spending and expenditure for the most recent full financial year. I am seeking a comprehensive account of how the entire NHS budget is allocated and spent, covering all categories and sub-categories of expenditure, including every item and contract where possible.

Specifically, I am requesting all spending information across the NHS, including but not limited to:

Staffing costs (all salaries, benefits, training, recruitment, agency staff, consultancy fees, etc.)
Hospital and primary care service expenditure
Administrative and management costs
Procurement and contracts (medical supplies, pharmaceuticals, PPE, IT, external services, etc.)
Capital projects (buildings, infrastructure, IT systems, digital programmes)
Payments to private providers, charities, and third-party organisations
Regional, trust-level, and other local allocations of funding
Research and development expenditure
Any other areas of expenditure not listed above

I request this information at the most detailed level available, including line-by-line or transaction-level data if such records exist, so that every pound spent can be accounted for.

Our response:

The information you are requesting is available within our Annual Report 2024/2025 on our website page “Annual Reports and Publications”. This page can be access by clicking on the following link; Annual Reports and Publications > Glos Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust

We apply FOI exemption section 21; information accessible to the applicant by other means.

Next steps:

Should you have any queries in relation to our response, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to:

Louise Moss
Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
c/o Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth, GL3 4AW
E-mail: louise.moss@ghc.nhs.uk

If you are not content with the outcome of any review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for further advice/guidance. Generally, the ICO will not consider your case unless you have exhausted your enquiries with the Trust which should include considering the use of the Trust’s formal complaints procedure. The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.