NHS Wales 2019-20 Key facts
NHS Wales2019-20Key facts
The Auditor General for Wales' opinion is that the financial statements give a TRUE and FAIR view of NHS Wales' finances, but four Local Health Boards failed to meet their financial duty to break-even over a three-year period.
The NHS (Wales) Summarised Accounts sets out the combined financial results of all 11 Welsh NHS bodies as at 31 March 2020, whose accounts were published in early July
Audit findings provided assurance on

- Funding from the Welsh Government £8.1 billion
- Other income £0.3 billion
Funding covers general running costs and asset purchases, and has increased by £0.6 billion compared to last year

Primary Healthcare Services | £1.5 billion |
Payments to GPs | £559 million |
Payments to pharmacists | £133 million |
Payments to dentists | £189 million |
Payments to ophthalmologists | £43 million |
Costs of drugs dispensed | £536 million |
Other | £45 million |
Healthcare from other providers | £0.9 billion | |
Non Welsh NHS bodies | £289 million | |
Local Authorities | £102 million | |
Voluntary organisations | £54 million | |
NHS Funded Nursing Care | £44 million | |
Continuing Care | £371 million | |
Private providers | £61 million |
Hospital, Community & SHA | £5.9 billion |
Employee Costs | £4,067 million |
Supplies & Services | £842 million |
Premises | £223 million |
Other costs | £740 million |

Total Assets | £5,240 million |
Hospitals, transport, equipment and other assets | £3,644 million |
Amounts due from the Welsh Government | £1,273 million |
Cash Balances | £82 million |
Medical and other supplies, including drugs | £85 million |
Other amounts due to the NHS | £156 million |

Total Liabilities | £2,240 million |
Amounts put aside for ongoing claims for medical negligence | £1,125 million |
Other amounts owed by the NHS | £1,115 million |
Amounts paid out during the year on medical negligence claims was £106 million


- Aneurin Bevan
- Powys
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg
- Public Health Wales
- Velindre
- Welsh Ambulance Services
- Health Education and Improvement Wales
... with accumulated deficits of £354 million over the last three years
- Betsi Cadwaladr
- Cardiff and Vale
- Hywel Dda
- Swansea Bay

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- Aneurin Bevan
- Betsi Cadwaladr
- Cardiff and Vale
- Cwn Taf Morgannwg
- Hywel Dda
- Powys
- Swansea Bay
- Public Health Wales
- Velindre
- Welsh Ambulance Services
- Health Education and Improvement Wales
Healthcare services that you can find in your community, outside of hospital
Healthcare services that are provided by other organisations, not NHS Wales
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This relates to expenditure on
- Healthcare services that are provided in hospital
- A wide range of community services, such as district nursing and palliative care, and health promotion services such as school nursing and health visiting
This relates to expenditure incurred by Health Education and Improvement Wales, who have a leading role in the education, training, development and shaping of the healthcare workforce in Wales
The Welsh Government will reimburse NHS Wales for any medical negligence claims that are more than £25,000
the highest level of escalation that happens where there are concerns that the NHS body needs external support to respond to the serious concerns identified
this is a formal instruction from Welsh Ministers telling the Permanent Secretary to proceed with a spending proposal
this is a cost that may occur depending on what happens in the future, but the amount cannot be determined at this time
staff costs include salary and wages of £3.3 billion, pension costs of £0.6 billion and social security costs of £0.3 billion
Health Boards and NHS Trusts are required to breakeven over a three-year rolling period. The Special Health Authority is required to breakeven each year
Cardiff and Vale achieved breakeven for the year, but a cumulative three-year deficit means it failed its target