FINANCE: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust exceeded its plans to record a net operating surplus of £6.5m during 2010-11.
It is about £750,000 more than planned. A board report said it was, “mainly due to vacancies”.
The surplus gives the trust a financial risk rating assessed at 4.5 for 2010-11 - also ahead of plan. The performance reflects an EBITDA margin of 10.9 per cent.
The trust’s cash-releasing efficiency savings were also £446,000 more than planned in the year.
NHS England’s national director for mental health has reignited the debate over local government’s stewardship of public health services by claiming “relentless retendering” is damaging integration, quality and staff morale.
A trust whose capital bid to improve its maternity services has been repeatedly turned down by government has been told by the Care Quality Commission to make urgent improvements to the obstetrics department after an inspection prompted by three serious incidents.
NHS Digital has signed a £40m deal with a multinational technology company in a bid to improve NHS trusts’ cyber security with “cutting-edge technology”.
An attempt by a large mental health trust to terminate its private finance initiative contract due to building defects at its main hospital has resulted in a legal dispute over money it is owed, HSJ has learned.
Mental health services in York have transferred to a new provider as planned, after the sudden closure of a psychiatric hospital threatened to delay the process.
PERFORMANCE: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Foundation Trust missed failed to hit its targets for patients waiting no more than four weeks for an appointment each month from April to October 2013.
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