FINANCE: University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust achieved 91 per cent of its £18.8m cost improvement plan savings in 2011-12.
Board papers for April reveal this was an improvement on the beginning of the year. In quarter one only 70 per cent of planned savings were achieved.
The £1.8m slippage was attributed to “later than expected commencement of some schemes with the largest shortfalls.”
April 2012
An NHS trust with severe financial challenges has appointed a former British Airways boss as its chief financial officer.
A teaching hospital is considering closing its urology service to out of area referrals, as it struggles to deal with a backlog of cases.
A maternity department facing investigation into more than 100 alleged cases of poor care has been found by the CQC to be repeating mistakes which led to avoidable deaths almost 10 years ago, HSJ can reveal today.
The medical director at University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust has been appointed as the organisation’s new permanent chief executive, to take over from Dame Julie Moore.
One of the country’s largest trusts will received £162m of central loans to help support the balance sheet following its merger with its neighbour.
Dame Julie Moore has announced her retirement from the newly merged University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust.
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