The cost of providing Consultant Connect

Phil Cox
2 days ago
1 min read

Dr Robin Spacie, on behalf for MLMC, put in a request to the Welsh Government for information under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) regarding how much Consultant Connect has cost per year for the last 5 years and how many completed calls are made on Consultant Connect per year for the last 5 years, across Wales in total and for each health board.

The costs given are:

Year	Cost
2020-21	£453,600.00
2021-22	£693,755.00
2022-23	£742,774.20
2023-24	£792,003.00
2024-25	£758,832.80

Health board and total numbers of calls and messages from 2020- to end of financial year 2024/25 are available in Appendix A within the full document available below.

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