FINANCE: The chief executive of Hillingdon Hospital Foundation Trust used his report to the board to remind the PCT of the Co-operation and Competition Panel’s judgment on commisioners imposing minimum waiting times, activity caps and “‘inappropriate constraints’ on elective activity.”

The report said: “The trust will be working with the commissioner to ensure these issues are addressed, both in terms of the current financial year, and in relation to the contract negotiations for 2012/13.”