FINANCE: East Cheshire trust make a small surplus at the end of May but is behind on its plan by £69,000, board papers reveal.

They say the trust recognises the financial risk to achieving its target of a £250,000 surplus for the year. By the end of May its cost improvement programme had slipped by £200,000 and it has identified potential risks of £6m in it. It is now managing vacancies and discretionary spending.