Patients are not receiving hospital letters as NHS trust ‘can’t afford paper’ | UK | News
According to a notice, letters to patients are postponed because a NHS hospital trust cannot get paper. Paper orders were temporarily suspended at the Central and South Essex NHS Foundation Foundation for financial reasons until September 30th. Trust, which includes hospitals in Basildon, Broomfield and Southend, is currently facing an explanation of £ 85 million and makes it the worst performance in the UK.
The problem relieving Phillip Burns was prepared to correct the major financial challenges, which previously demanded a £ 2,000 per day. Mr. Burns is nicknamed “Marbella Man” because of his work once a week from Spain while working as a medical committee director. Essex Trust patients face delays in the letters sent in the coming weeks due to the suspension of paper orders.
Trust leaders receive bonuses about performance despite the ongoing financial crisis.
A clinician told Telegram: “All these money is spent on senior executives and external consultants when it is much better to ensure that the foundations are in place to allow people to do their jobs.”
The Board reports show that Dawn Scrafield, Trust’s Chief Finance Officer, receives a cash bonus of between £ 10,000 at £ 10,000 at 2023/24, as well as a six -digit salary.
Andrew Pike, Trust’s Chief Officer, received a bonus between £ 15,000 to £ 20,000 in the same year.
In April last year, Essex Trust was under financial special measures to help control the gap.
Trust is now undergoing new interruptions, including suspended the letter and pause the recruitment of any temporary bank personnel for non -clinical roles until October.
Trust already cut hundreds of jobs, 683 roles in 2024. 250 is expected to be cut by the end of the year.
Scrafield said: ız We have responsibility for spending the money of taxpayers wisely and we are reviewing all reasonable options to increase efficiency and reduce expenditures while continuing to provide safe and high quality maintenance to our patients. A series of cost savings are being investigated and taken into consideration. ”
