FINANCE: The primary care trust was showing a surplus of £1.25m at the end of January, new figures from NHS North West show.
The PCT maintained its forecast that it would finish 2010-11 with a surplus of £1.5m.
The £1.5m figure is a reduced surplus target, agreed with the strategic health authority in-year after the PCT identified a £5.5m shortfall in its £32.5m savings plans.
The commissioner’s original surplus target for the year was £7m.
2 March 2011
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 former hospital trust chief is set to be appointed chair of one of the largest integrated care boards.
Regional bosses say they need to understand ‘if and how’ hospitals can reduce the number of long-stay patients – with some areas reporting more than one in five beds being ‘blocked’.
A troubled integrated care system has failed to appoint a chair for a second time.
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