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private financial experts have been brought into Leeds hospitals to help avert a looming financial crisis.
Latest figures show if no action is taken, the city?s hospitals trust could be in deficit by next March.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Leeds General Infirmary and St James?s Hospital, has been spending millions more than it should.
That includes ?5.2m since April on NHS patients being treated in private hospitals ? 225 per cent more than planned - to meet waiting time targets.
Accountancy firm KPMG has now been drafted in to help Leeds hospital bosses ?urgently? tackle the problem. It is understood the work is being funded by the three Leeds Clinical Commissioning Groups, which plan and pay for healthcare in the city.
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co....es/private-firm-to-leeds-nhs-rescue-1-6318220
Latest figures show if no action is taken, the city?s hospitals trust could be in deficit by next March.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Leeds General Infirmary and St James?s Hospital, has been spending millions more than it should.
That includes ?5.2m since April on NHS patients being treated in private hospitals ? 225 per cent more than planned - to meet waiting time targets.
Accountancy firm KPMG has now been drafted in to help Leeds hospital bosses ?urgently? tackle the problem. It is understood the work is being funded by the three Leeds Clinical Commissioning Groups, which plan and pay for healthcare in the city.
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co....es/private-firm-to-leeds-nhs-rescue-1-6318220