FINANCE: Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust has only made £8.7m of its planned £10.9m savings so far this financial year.
The trust board was told that nearly £1.5m of that was in vacancy management, rather than budget cuts and there had been slippage on some schemes.
For the next financial year the trust is planning to have a project office in place to support cost improvements.
A hospital trust is facing a much larger deficit than planned, because £14m income due from NHS England will not be paid in this financial year.
The NHS is at risk of losing significant amounts of its additional funding growth because of the time it will take to address its workforce shortages, according to a former Department of Health senior official.
A trust has reviewed infection prevention and control measures after a premature baby was infected with pseudomonas in a neonatal intensive care unit.
The Health and Safety Executive is investigating the death of a patient who absconded from a mental health unit and was then killed by an apparent stranger.
Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust has appointed Sam Allen as its new chief executive.
A mental health trust has apologised to families after a critical review of 10 killings found that it underestimated the risks posed by some of its patients.
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