Where should we record costs for items not directly related to needle exchange e.g. condoms and crack packs?
These should be recorded as ‘other treatment materials’. 4. INDIRECT/OVERHEAD COSTS 4.1.Why are salary costs for on-site managers and team leaders (not related to client contact) be recorded as overheads? This is misleading as they do have a genuine clinical input and are direct staff costs as charged to commissioners? While we understand that the pay costs of on-site managers are directly related to the provision of the service in question, these should be recorded as overheads. This will enable providers, commissioners and the NTA to get a picture of the direct clinical staff costs of delivering the various interventions. We appreciate that this may make overhead costs appear inflated, but would emphasise that all providers are being asked to submit data in this way, and that proportions of overheads relating to onsite managers can be factored in to any local discussions about the unit costs and their implications. 5. ADDITIONAL DATA ITEMS 5.1. For additional data items (i.e. prescri
