Table 2. PSSRU methods for unit costs for selected healthcare professionals.
| Unit cost
components |
Description | 2019 costs (Band 5) £GBP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community, Scientific
& Professional Staff (e.g., Occupational Therapist, Speech & Language Therapist, Podiatrist) |
Community-based
nurses |
|||
| A | Wages | Mean basic FTE salary per year | £24,212 | £26,894 |
| B | Salary oncosts | Employers’ national insurance
Superannuation (14.38% of A) |
£5,660 | £6,416 |
| C | Qualification
costs |
Estimated qualification costs | not included | £8,687 |
| D | Overheads | Management, admin and estates
staff |
£7,319 | £8,161 |
| Non-staff | £11,411 | £12,363 | ||
| E | Capital
overheads |
Based on new-build & land
requirements of NHS hospital facilities |
£5,237 | £3,814 |
| F | Travel | Not included (no data on mileage) | ||
| G | Working time | 42.6 weeks
(1,599 hours) per year 37.5 hours per week |
41.9 weeks
(1,573 hours) per year 37.5 hours per week |
|
| Cost per working
hour |
(A+B+C+D+E+F)/Working time | £34 (excluding
qualifications) per hour |
£37 (excluding
qualifications) per hour |
|
Notes: PSSRU = Personal Social Services Research Unit; FTE = full time equivalent
Source: Table adapted from Curtis & Burns, 2019