FINANCE: The trust is forecasting financial balance at the year end, versus a planned £3.1m surplus, and to deliver that position there is a significant reliance on non recurrent measures some of which remain to be secured.

The trust is reporting operational financial balance year to date. This position includes credit of £3m in respect of those non recurrent measures. The trust self assessment for the first six months of the financial year is that performance remains under review against the DH Finance Performance Framework.