Table 1 Unit Costs (£ 2008)

GP contact

36

Per clinic consultation lasting 11.7 minutes

Phoned GP for advice

22

phone call 7.1 mins

GP home visits

58

home visit 23.4 mins

Practice nurse

11

Per consultation

Phoned practice nurse

6.72

data not available. set as a proportion according to GP time consult: phone visit

District nurse

26

Per home visit

Health Visitor

16.5

£33 per hour inc quals; Assume 30 mins session.

Psychiatrist

106

Per contract hour

Clinical psychologist

41

Per professional chargeable hour.

Occupational Therapist

66

Average cost for a one to one contact.

Physiotherapist

42

Average cost for a one to one contact.

Community Psychiatric nurse

32

Nurse specialist (community). Per hour (including qualifications)

Counsellor/Indiv Therapist

40

Per hour of client contact. Counselling services in primary medical care.

Intervention costs

CBT session

66

CBT session

Talking control session

24

Social worker assistant