Table 1 NERS set up costs for 13 local authorities in Wales in 2006 – 08 and operational costs for 2007 – 08 based on national budget plus national and local authority additional costs (£) 1
2006-08 | Total (£) | Mean (per LA) | S.D. |
|---|---|---|---|
Set up | |||
National costs | |||
Salaries | |||
Physical activity specialist (0.2 WTE in yr 1, 0.6 WTE yr 2) | 39,317 | ||
Line Management (0.02 WTE yrs 1&2 Grade 7) | 5,823 | ||
Executive officer (0.2 WTE yr 2) | 4,254 | ||
Exercise professionals training (Level 3) | 51,759 | ||
Meetings | 3,852 | ||
Resources & printing | 9,845 | ||
Translation costs | 537 | ||
Pilot exercise referral project | 183,587 | ||
Additional Local Authority costs | |||
IT | 43,004 | 3,308 | 1,775 |
Equipment | 15,290 | 1,176 | 874 |
Staff clothing | 1,196 | 92 | 218 |
Attending meetings | 4,030 | 310 | 506 |
Promotion or advertising | 2,210 | 170 | 316 |
Home working facilities | 1,170 | 90 | 246 |
Total set up | 365, 875 | 28, 144 | 2, 475 |
Annual operational costs 2007-08 | |||
National costs | |||
WAG salaries | |||
Physical activity specialist (0.8) | 39,298 | ||
Line Management (0.02 WTE Grade 7) | 3,515 | ||
Executive officers (1.2 WTE) | 26,618 | ||
Meeting costs | 2,855 | ||
National resources | 20,324 | ||
Exercise professionals (36 WTE) | 781,833 | 60,141 | 24,213 |
Printing, stationary and administration | 19,750 | 1,646 | 829 |
Training | 18,967 | 1,459 | 916 |
Travel | 47,351 | 3,642 | 1,496 |
Joint national and local costs | |||
Co-ordinator salary and on-costs (13 WTE 50% funded by WAG & LA) | 358,574 | 27,583 | 3,995 |
Local authority costs | |||
Staff management | 29,250 | 2,250 | n/a |
Promotional material | 715 | 55 | 151 |
Room hire | 10,326 | 794 | 1,453 |
Attending conferences | 455 | 35 | 96 |
Total NERS annual operational cost | £1, 359, 832 | 104, 602 | 27, 226 |
Cost per participant in NERS | N or £ | ||
Participants in NERS (N)2 | 2,349 | ||
Participant cost in 16 week programme based on intervention group 3 | £579 | ||
All referrals July 2007 – October 2008 (12 months in study period) (N) | 4,779 | ||
Participant cost in 16 week programme 3 | £285 | ||
Arithmetic mid-point between referrals and participants | 3,530 | ||
Base case intervention per person cost using N above | £385 | ||
Participants in the economic analysis who supplied service utilisation data | 798 |