FINANCE: NHS Suffolk is £0.5m underspent on plan for the year to date and has £2.2m in unallocated contingency funds. It is aiming to make a £1.1m surplus.
One area of overspend is prison healthcare - where £100,000 of a £500,000 overspent is due to escort and bedwatch costs for one prisoner being treated at West Suffolk Hospital.
January
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