NHS costs of the 6 week programme assuming 17 patients per programme
| Cost (£) | |
| Staff costs | |
| Senior occupational therapist (0.9 wte1-150) | 2490 |
| Consultant (5 hrs per week) | 1500 |
| Senior physiotherapist (0.5 wte) | 1386 |
| Senior dietician (0.3 wte) | 834 |
| Clerical coordinator (0.5 wte) | 768 |
| Therapy helper (0.6 wte) | 690 |
| Respiratory nurse specialist (0.5 hr per week) | 42 |
| Other costs | |
| Transport1-151 | 1875 |
| Equipment and consumables1-152 | 516 |
| Overhead allowance1-153 | 2019 |
| Total cost | 12120 |
↵1-150 wte = whole time equivalents.
↵1-151 One third of patients used the minibus which is costed as an ambulance service. The ambulance trust estimated the cost at £15 000 per year which, allowing for eight programmes per year, gave a programme cost of £1875.
↵1-152 Equipment cost based on purchase price depreciated over expected lifetime.
↵1-153 Based on 20% of costs.