NHS Revenue funding flows from HM Treasury to the NHS Executive and onto NHS organisations. The PCT controls three major areas of revenue expenditure:

• Commissioning - this overall resource limit is available to the Trust to commission services from health and care organisations (including primary care services and the Trust's own provider arm)
  
  
• Provider Services - this funding is part of the overall resource limit and funds the directly managed services of the organisation such as community hospitals and community staff
  
  
• Primary Care Services - this funding is part of the overall resource limit and funds prescribing and practice based staff

An additional area of expenditure is on General Medical services (GMS) where the PCT acts as an agent in paying for these services on behalf of the Department of Health. This is not part of the Resource Limit. The Trust also has a Capital Resource Limit (CRL) which is available for operational capital work within the Trust.

The PCT will make available the following information:

• PCT Annual Report and Statutory Annual Accounts including:
  
  • West Gloucestershire PCT Annual Report 2002/03
    
  • West Gloucestershire PCT Annual Report 2002/03
    
  • West Gloucestershire PCT Annual Report 2004/05
    
    
• PCT Board Finance Reports
  
  
• Standing Orders
  
  
• Standing Financial Instructions

The PCT uses the Gloucestershire Shared Service Procurement Department to acquire the majority of its goods and services. Procurement thresholds have been set which govern the type of contract to be used. The purchase of goods and services is covered by the Trust's Standing Orders, Standing Financial Instructions and Scheme of Delegation. The Trust will advertise tenders for goods and services worth over £100,140 through the Official Journal of the European Communities (OJEC) procedures. For further information, visit the OJEC website.