FINANCE: Overperformance on contracts, savings from unfilled vacancies and some non-recurrent income has meant that Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust had a £4.9m surplus at the end of month 10, against a plan of £3.3m. The trust is now predicting it will end the year with a surplus of £3.4m, £0.4m ahead of plan.
This is a reversal of the position earlier in the financial year when the trust was behind on its planned surplus.
February 2013
Jon Spiers, CEO of the Royal Free Charity, makes the case for a strategic, government-backed approach to philanthropy – similar to the Blair-era matched funding scheme for universities – in health to complement and bolster state funding
The key new policies revealed in today’s 10-Year Health Plan – across finance, performance, tech, workforce, innovation and care quality.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence will withdraw its backing for a large number of drugs and other interventions which now offer poor value for money in an unprecedented move set to be revealed in tomorrow’s 10-Year Health Plan, HSJ has learned.
A patient who tried to sue a hospital for negligence has been found in contempt of court after a trust commissioned spying operation revealed he was lying about his injuries.
A High Court judge has granted a judicial review for campaigners opposing the closure of Huddersfield’s accident and emergency department.
Calderdale and Huddersfield Trust has confirmed plans that could see Calderdale Royal Hospital’s emergency department in Halifax “temporarily” closed at night and patients sent to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary instead.
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