ALLOCATION OF MOH’S BUDGET TO PUBLIC ACUTE HOSPITALS

Nominated Member of Parliament
Assoc Prof Walter Theseira

To ask the Minister for Health (a) in the latest financial year available, what proportion of the Ministry's budget has been allocated to the public acute hospitals; (b) what is the breakdown of such expenditure by the public acute hospitals between capital spending and recurrent operating costs; and (c) what have the trends been over the last five years preceding the latest financial year available.

Answer

Over the last five years, MOH’s total expenditure has increased from $4.7bil in FY12 to $10.2bil in FY17.  As a proportion of overall MOH’s budget, funding to the public acute hospitals decreased from 77% to 66% over the same period, as we have spent significantly more in preventive health, primary care and intermediate and long-term care.  The allocation to capital spending and operating cost is about 15% and 85% respectively.