Table 9.
Cost of In-reach Team and Shared Care Model
| Cost Item |
Annual Expenditure (2005/06 prices) |
'Shared Care' Model1 (2007/08 prices) |
| Salaries2: IRT Nursing staff | 242,3683 | 218,0004 |
| Salary Physiotherapist | 6,601 | - |
| Salaries IRT Administrator5 | 18,704 | 9,500 |
| Travel/lease cars | 12,335 | 12,000 |
| Uniforms/clothing allowance | 629 | 629 |
| Accommodation & services e.g. electricity | 5,0006 | 5,000 |
| Office costs e.g. telephone, stationery etc | 1,992 | 1,900 |
| Office equipment e.g. PCs, photocopier etc | 11,958 | 3,000 |
| Clinical equipment & consumables | 2,726 | 2,800 |
| TOTAL COST | 302,313 | 252,829 |
1 Shared Care/Locality model, in-reach team draws on existing community staff (i.e. mental health nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists etc) on as and when required basis
2 Salaries include overhead costs (such as employer's National Insurance Contributions and pensions). Expenditure excludes one nurse assessor funded for 12 months (Skills for Care)
3 Core team (not fully established until November 2005) consisted of 5 WTE band 5 nurses, 3 WTE band 6 nurses & 1 WTE band 7 nurse. In addition, 18 hrs per week physiotherapist input.
4 Core team for Shared Care/Locality Model consisting of: 4 WTE band 5 nurses (working 7 am – 9 pm seven days/week) & 1 WTE band 7 nurse. Team draws on other community staff (see 1 above).
5 WTE administrator in 2005/6; 0.5 WTE administrator in Shared Care/Locality Model.
6 Based on actual charge levied for accommodation in new Resource Centre (2007)