The following assumptions have been used for the cost saving calculator
Percentage of the population that have been diagnosed with hypertension in the UK - 14%
The average number of hypertension consultations required per hypertensive patient per annum which includes newly diagnosed HTN patients - 2
The average time spent per hypertension consultion in minutes - 12
The hourly cost of a GP excluding practice overheads - £112
The hourly cost of a prescribing nurse or pharmacist excluding practice overheads excluding practice overheads - £37
The percentage of hypertension consultion time that GPs will be required to commit when nurses/pharmacists are using ExpertCare - 10%
The amount of hypertension consulations that will be able to be managed by prescribing nurses/pharmacists using ExpertCare - 90%