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Morecambe Bay health trust?s annual spend increased by ?18m this year despite enormous pressures to cut costs.
In what University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust?s (UHMBT) financial director described as an ?exceptional? year, the organisation spent ?281m in the year ending March 31 2013, compared to ?263.1m in 2011/12.
Some of the most significant increases included consultancy services, up ?3m from ?1.5m to ?4.5m, drugs costs, up ?2m (?16.5m to ?18.5m), clinical supplies and services, up ?2m (24.2m to 26.3m), premises costs, up ?2m, operating lease rentals (including vehicles and new temporary ward buildings at the RLI), up ?1.8m, and buying healthcare outside the NHS, up ?1.1m.
http://www.thevisitor.co.uk/news/he...rapped-health-trust-s-18m-overspend-1-5972506
In what University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust?s (UHMBT) financial director described as an ?exceptional? year, the organisation spent ?281m in the year ending March 31 2013, compared to ?263.1m in 2011/12.
Some of the most significant increases included consultancy services, up ?3m from ?1.5m to ?4.5m, drugs costs, up ?2m (?16.5m to ?18.5m), clinical supplies and services, up ?2m (24.2m to 26.3m), premises costs, up ?2m, operating lease rentals (including vehicles and new temporary ward buildings at the RLI), up ?1.8m, and buying healthcare outside the NHS, up ?1.1m.
http://www.thevisitor.co.uk/news/he...rapped-health-trust-s-18m-overspend-1-5972506