FINANCE: North Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group has forecast a £6.4m deficit for the 2014-15 financial year, its chair has said.
The CCG has an annual budget of £288m and the predicted deficit represents around 2.3 per cent of this. It follows a small surplus recorded in 2013-14.
CCG chair Dr John Matthew, said the losses were down to more patients receiving hospital care and more demand on community services from patients with complex needs.
He said: “Demand for services has increased year round, and a particularly pressured winter saw a significant increase in urgent and hospital care for frail and older people. In short, demand for services has been outstripping the resources to pay for them.”
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18 March
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