FINANCE: The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust beat its deficit target for quarter one of 2011-12 thanks to £1.4m more income than expected.
The trust had an income of £75.1m in quarter one against a plan of £73.7m.
However it overspent on pay by £300,000 and by another £500,000 on other operational costs.
The trust reported borrowing of £35m, in line with plan.
The cost improvement plan was on target, although £3m savings were identified as being “at risk”.
November 2011
This is the latest in a series of interviews with chief executives, which are available exclusively to HSJ Insight subscribers.
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