Funding for diabetes is included in the proposed bundle for 2007-08. A service level agreement is being prepared for discussion and agreement between the Department and the 10 strategic health authorities (SHAs). This is planned to be finalised in the next few weeks. The 10 SHAs will then agree how individual budget funding is to be deployed in 2007-08 and the criteria to be used for decision-making.
The value of the 2007-08 bundle has been finalised at £6.9 billion and the Department is currently preparing a service level agreement for discussion and agreement between the Department and the 10 strategic health authorities (SHAs). This is expected to be finalised in the next few weeks. The SHAs will then agree how funding for individual programme budgets (such as for diabetes) will be deployed for 2007-08.
The table shows how much funding has gone to the National Diabetes Support Team (NDST) since its establishment in 2003
£ 2003-04 2,700,000 2004-05 4,000,000 2005-06 4,694,000 2006-07 4,490,000 Note: In 2006-2007 there was a change in the funding arrangements. Up until that point funding for the NDST was on the basis of a service level agreement (SLA) directly with Bradford primary care trust(PCT). From 2006-2007 onwards funding for the NDST has formed part of the bundle of national health service programme money passed to the new strategic health authorities (SHAs) to cover the cost of various centrally provided NHS activities such as national support teams.
Bradford PCT acted as host agency for the NDST and channelled funding to the team on the basis of a SLA held with the Department