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NHS trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) in the Yorkshire and Humber area have combined debts of nearly £80m, a BBC News website investigation has found. All 57 trusts in the region - in West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire - were contacted in January and asked what their current financial status was. The results are below, with explanations for how some trusts came to be in that position, or measures taken to tackle any problems. Minus figures show a deficit, figures without a minus sign indicate a trust which has a surplus or is breaking even. Several trusts who revealed debts said they expected to break even by the end of the financial year in March. | YORKS & HUMBER HEALTH TRUST FINANCES | | | HEALTH TRUST | SURPLUS/ DEBT (£) | IMPACT/ EXPLANATION | | Airedale NHS Trust | -3,700,000 | Has sold former staff residences to raise funds | | Airedale PCT | -390,000 | | | Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | -1,100,000 | | | Barnsley PCT | 800,000 | | | Bradford City Teaching PCT | 0 | | | Bradford District Care Trust | -1,295,000 | All directorates identifying ways of reducing spending | | Bradford South and West PCT | 0 | | | Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | -21,000 | Has imposed restrictions on non-essential recruitment | | Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust | -1,220,000 | | | Calderdale PCT | 0 | | | Craven, Harrogate and Rural District PCT | -2,200,000 | Has a ban on non-urgent operations and restrictions on non-essential recruitment | | Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | -194,000 | Extra efforts to fill consultant vacancies so reducing the cost of locums, improving efficiency in operating theatres | | Doncaster and South Humber Healthcare NHS Trust | -200,000 | | | Doncaster Central PCT | 0 | | | Doncaster East PCT | 600,000 | | | Doncaster West PCT | 400,000 | | | East Leeds PCT | 100,000 | | | East Yorkshire PCT | -2,600,000 | | | Eastern Hull PCT | 0 | | | Eastern Wakefield PCT | 3,003 | | | Hambleton and Richmondshire PCT | -1,700,000 | Has imposed recruitment controls and slowed the pace of planned, routine surgery in hospitals | | Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust | -400,000 | Expects to clear debt by end of financial year | | Huddersfield Central PCT | -1,434,000 | | | Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust | -2,600,000 | Reducing reliance on agency staff | | Humber Mental Health Teaching NHS Trust | -1,300,000 | Recruitment controls, including scrutiny of the use of agency staff, staff training has been cut to essential requirements and travel costs are being kept to a minimum | | Leeds Mental Health Teaching NHS Trust | 368,000 | | | Leeds North East PCT | -985,000 | Treating patients in more appropriate settings | | Leeds North West PCT | 933,000 | Investing in community schemes to support people in their homes rather than have them admitted unnecessarily to hospital | | Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | -1,000,000 | No non-essential recruitment since summer 2005 | | Leeds West PCT | 0 | | | Mid-Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust | -9,000,000 | Staff shuttle bus service introduced to cut expenses | | North Bradford PCT | -1,300,000 | Fewer operations required at acute hospital with the opening of a new local treatment centre | | North East Lincolnshire PCT | 432,000 | Has a recruitment freeze on non-essential, non-clinical positions | | North Kirklees PCT | -290,000 | Delaying some projects until next financial year, imposing recruitment restrictions | | North Lincolnshire PCT | -1,600,000 | Reducing operations until year-end and delaying planned investment until next financial year | | North Sheffield PCT | -300,000 | All Sheffield PCTs are supporting a drive to have more treatment done in the community or patients' homes to prevent avoidable admissions to hospital | | Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Trust | -600,000 | Reviewing use of agency staff, maximising discounts when buying equipment, and saving the amount of energy used in hospitals | | Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust | -2,100,000 | Has introduced recruitment restrictions and proposed a 10% reduction of pay costs in non-clinical services | | Rotherham PCT | 0 | | | Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Healthcare NHS Trust | -1,700,000 | Minimising use of agency staff, minimising stock levels and reviewing procurement procedures | | Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale PCT | -5,200,000 | No recruitment in corporate services, clinical recruitment restricted to maintaining clinical safety | | Selby and York PCT | -15,900,000 | A new acting chief executive and director of finance were appointed three months ago, have been leading a review of all aspects of the trust's business and are finalising a financial recovery plan | | Sheffield Care Trust | -200,000 | | | Sheffield Children's NHS Trust | 0 | | | Sheffield South West PCT | -2,200,000 | All Sheffield PCTs are supporting a drive to have more treatment done in the community/ patients' homes to prevent avoidable admissions to hospital | | Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | -4,500,000 | | | Sheffield West PCT | -1,400,000 | All Sheffield PCTs are supporting a drive to have more treatment done in the community/ patients' homes to prevent avoidable admissions to hospital | | South East Sheffield PCT | -3,000,000 | All Sheffield PCTs are supporting a drive to have more treatment done in the community/ patients' homes to prevent avoidable admissions to hospital | | South Huddersfield PCT | -4,094,000 | | | South Leeds PCT | 0 | | | South West Yorkshire Mental Health NHS Trust | 918,000 | | | South Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust | 100,000 | | | Wakefield West PCT | 73,000 | | | West Hull PCT | 1,100,000 | | | West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service NHS Trust | -15,000 | A financial recovery plan has been agreed with West Yorkshire Strategic Health Authority and will see the deficit repaid over a three-year period | | York Hospitals NHS Trust | -500,000 | Imposing recruitment controls, reducing spending on training and reducing stocks | | Yorkshire Wolds and Coast PCT | -8,000,000 | | | TOTAL | -78,410,997 | | |
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