Expenditure | Saving | |
Funding of specialties for MDT input (0.5 programmed activity NHS rates28 per specialty =£1800 per meeting) | £32 400 | |
Reduction in hospitalisations post-MDT (average cost per bed day £40025 | Pre-MDT 1.1 vs post-MDT 0.6 (3490–1904=saving of 1586 bed-days =£634 400) | |
Outpatient clinic visits post-MDT (£150 per outpatient clinic25 | 64 generated = £9600 | Pre-MDT 946 appointments (£141 900) vs post-MDT 465 clinic appointments (£69 750)—cost saving £72 150) |
Total expenditure £42 000 | Total saving £706 550 | |
Total saving to the healthcare system = £664 550 |
MDT, multidisciplinary team; NHS, national health service.