FINANCE: Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust is planning on receiving £13m in Project Diamond funding, the top-up payment NHS London makes to trusts that do a lot of specialist work.
A finance report said the trust was planning on receiving an increased amount of support from the strategic health authority this year.
The £1bn turnover trust received £8m in Project Diamond funding in 2010-11 and £6m in 2011-12.
September 2012
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Peter Homa is to chair the board overseeing the collaboration between Royal Brompton and Harefield Foundation Trust and Guy’s and St Thomas’ FT.
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