FINANCE: East Cheshire Trust reported a £572,000 surplus at the end of June, £55,000 less than a planned surplus of £627,000, board papers show.
The trust overspent on pay by 2.6 per cent, or £797,000, in the year to date but reports its cost improvement plans are “performing well” achieving savings of £1.62m, 4 per cent up on a year to date target of £1.56m.
July 2012
Monitor has ordered a review of the financial viability of a number of small and medium-sized foundation trusts, in a process described by one chief executive as “cloak and dagger”, HSJ can reveal.
The chief executive of a large acute trust in the north west is set to leave at the end of March after accepting a job to run a hospital in Qatar.
NHS Improvement has changed the terms on which trusts can receive “bonus” payments from a national funding pot worth £200m.
Regional NHS leaders have given assurances that Macclesfield General Hospital will retain its accident and emergency department – a fortnight after saying it could be downgraded.
East Cheshire Trust board says organisation is not sustainable in its current form Trust reported a £24m deficit in 2015-16 and it cannot make required savings under payment by results tariff Trust is discussing with local commissioners the possibility of becoming an accountable care organisation
East Cheshire Trust agrees to take back outsourced human resources service Arvato told the trust it would need to pay £2.4m a year to continue contract Decision comes as Carter review encouraged more outsourcing of non-clinical services East Cheshire Trust is to bring human resources services
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