Table 2Unit costs

ResourceUnit costs
Primary care Practice Nurse (Band 5), cost per hour(a)£42
General Practitioner, cost per consultation (9.22 minutes)(a)£37
Cost of blood test (excluding time to take blood)(b)£3–£4

1. Source: PSSRU 20202; Including qualification costs but excluding individual and productivity costs

2. Source: NHS reference costs 2019/20208: directly accessed pathology services, haematology and phlebotomy respectively.

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