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Resources
(last updated 31/01/06)
The
Authority's resource limits for 2005/06 are £80.158m
for revenue and £6.03m for capital expenditure. 66%
of the revenue allocation will be spent on costs relating
to staff, 28% used for a variety of purposes including
rent, computer maintenance and energy and the remaining
6% on capital financing charges.
The
net book value of fixed assets owned by the Authority
is just over £19m, a large proportion of which relates
to the substantial investment in IT equipment, including
several mainframe computers, and numerous file servers,
PCs and terminals.
The
Authority's estate portfolio comprises of 14 properties,
12 devoted to office accommodation and 2 for warehousing
and storage. In total, the Authority occupies over 350,000
square feet of accommodation in 9 towns and cities in
the North of England and West Midlands. Four properties,
including the headquarters are based in the Newcastle
area.
The
Authority employs more than 2750 people in total, 75%
of whom are directly involved in the calculation of
contractor payments. Almost two hundred staff are engaged
in the calculation of entitlements under the NHS Low
Income Scheme and the sale of Prescription Prepayment
Certificates and the issue of Health related Tax Credit
Certificates. A sizeable proportion of the remainder
are employed to support the information services within
the IT Department.
The
Authority is responsible for actual payments to pharmacy
contractors. In addition to its own resource limit further
sums will be disbursed by the Authority in the order
of £7.5 billion in a financial year 2005/06. This means
that the authority handles, by a considerable margin,
the largest amount of cash by a single NHS organisation.
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