NHS: Finance

(asked on 13th December 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) NHS trusts and (b) Foundation Trusts have been placed in (i) special measures and (ii) financial special measures in each year since 2012; how many of those Trusts remain in special measures, and if he will publish that information.


Answered by
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Philip Dunne
This question was answered on 18th December 2017

Since 2012, there have been 37 instances of trusts entering Special Measures for Quality and 14 instances of trusts entering Special Measures for Finance.

As of 15 December 2017, there are 16 trusts in Special Measures for Quality; of which five are foundation trusts and 11 are National Health Service trusts. There have been 21 instances of trusts exiting Special Measures for Quality; of which 13 are foundation trusts and eight are NHS trusts. This includes three trusts that have subsequently re-entered Special Measures for Quality; of which two are foundation trusts and one is an NHS trust.

As of 15 December 2017, there are 11 trusts in Special Measures for Finance; of which five are foundation trusts and six are NHS trusts. Three trusts have exited Special Measures for Finance; of which one is a foundation trust and two are NHS trusts.

Information regarding special measures is published on NHS Improvement’s website.

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