FINANCE: Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust recorded a £3.73m surplus.
Board minutes said the surplus was recorded in audited annual accounts. The minutes said: “[Audit committee chair] Richard Bell updated colleagues on discussions in other NHS bodies regarding ‘going concern’ status. The board of directors took the opportunity to confirm their collective view that [the trust] did indeed represent a going concern.”
May 2011
The Care Quality Commission has, for the first time, fined a trust for failing to comply with its duty of candour.
The third largest London borough will discontinue its NHS-provided stop smoking service to save money.
NHS trusts will no longer be able to meet their financial targets through land sales, after regulators scrapped a controversial accounting measure which has had a distortive impact on provider finances.
WORKFORCE: Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust has sought advice from Royal Mail and the fire service as it bids to slash its sickness rates.
External investigators are examining why 250,000 patient pathways were not properly updated on the computer systems at a West Yorkshire acute trust.
ACUTE CARE: Bradford Royal Infirmary has opened a £2m neonatal unit complete with ensuite family bedrooms, play area and a counselling suite.
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