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Bath and North East Somerset
Overall
reduction
in spend
-37%
Sexual health budget changes
Actual and planned changes to overall budgets between 2015 and 2018
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Methods
Not possible
to calculate
from response
No response or
not approached
14% increase
0% (no change)
48% reduction
Bath and North East Somerset
Budget reduction of 16% (634,178) in 16/17 + 62,018 in primary
care; 16/17 weekly family planning clinic decommissioned +
reduction in EHC and chlamydia in GP practice and pharmacies;
HIV prevention and chlamydia screen admin recommissioned to
save money; efficiencies expected with co-commissioning with
Merton and Wandsworth; SWAGNET funding cut (includes
professional training); in 17/18 primary care funding cut by
20,898 (< 5%)
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
0
No change
–
Unknown
-37%
Reduction
Total
change
-37.7%
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How budget changes have been calculated:
Data points were extracted from FOI requests sent to all authorities in England (except City of London
and Isles of Scilly) in 2017. Where possible, percentage increases and reductions to overall budgets
were taken directly from the responses. Where total budgets and absolute values (eg £300,000
reduction) were provided, percentage increase or reduction of the total budget for that year was
calculated. To determine the overall reduction between 2015 and 2018, the percentages remaining
for the three years were multiplied together.
For example, Bexley reported budget reduction of 2.9% in 2016-17, and 10% reduction in 2017-18. In this
case, no reduction is reported in 2015-16, so no change is assumed. To generate an overall percentage
change, the change in budget in each year is first calculated:
15/16: 100%
16/17: 100% - 2.9% = 97.1%
17/18: 100% - 10% = 90%
These percentage values are then multiplied to provide an overall percentage change:
100% x 97.1% x 90% = 87.4%
Thus, if Bexley’s budget was £10m in 2015-16, decreased by 2.9% to £9.71m in 2016-17, and by a further
10% in 2017-18 to £8.74m, the budget after 2017-18 is 87.4% of the value for 2015-16.
Figures are reported on the map as an overall percentage change from the 2015-16 baseline. Therefore,
in the case of Bexley, it is shown as having a 12.6% reduction in overall budget (100% - 87.4% = 12.6%).