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Cost Collection for the NHS, an annually published spreadsheet of average costs for every test and treatment, ranging from phlebotomy to heart transplantation. The resource was downloaded, irrelevant content removed, and a simple costing methodology created, ignoring the database's subtle categorisations such as 'case complexity'. Students were directed to the British National Formulary for drug costs. A pre-recorded lecture and worked examples were prepared on the SGUL online learning platform, demonstrating the use of the tailored spreadsheet, and other resources, in estimating costs. Students are supported with their project by clinical and epidemiological tutors in two separate small group tutorials. A training session and access to student resources were provided to tutors, as this was unfamiliar content for them. During implementation, student queries which tutors could not answer were escalated to the CAP clinical academic lead.