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How important is Ashford & St. Peter’s NHS Trust to our community?

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:27:30 +0000

Trust Catchment Area The Trust as a whole provides acute hospital services to a large and diverse population, with a catchment of around 450,000 stretching from West Hounslow to Woking across the Boroughs of:

o Hounslow

o Spelthorne

o Elmbridge

o Runnymede

o Woking

Although north west Surrey is a relatively affluent part of the country there are, nonetheless, pockets of deprivation with higher health and social needs within the Trust’s catchment area. The catchment population also has a higher proportion of older people with increased health needs, longer average stays in hospital and a greater need for social and community care. For certain specialist services, such as Orthopaedics and Neonatal Intensive Care, the Trust provides services to a much more extensive catchment population. Can we afford to reduce the facilities at Ashford & St. Peter’s?

"Not either but Neither"

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:30:07 +0000

Rally to save St. Peter's Hospital Chertsey and the Royal Surrey County Hospital Guildford.

SATURDAY 2nd DECMEBER - 12 Midday

Abbey Fields Recreation Ground

Windsor Street

Chertsey Surrey

Speakers from campaign + others To Be Confirmed.

St. Peter's Hospital

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:28:14 +0000

Some of the facts

The Trust faced a significant challenge in achieving financial balance and meeting service delivery targets for the year ending 31st March 2005. The Trust is in the process of identifying further measures to achieve the required level of income and expenditure reduction to achieve financial balance in 2005/06.The Trust was granted an extension from three to five years to achieve its cumulative breakeven duty. This was due to be met by 31st March 2005 but was not and the Trust has failed this duty. Following discussions with Surrey and Sussex Strategic Health Authority, they have agreed to discuss solutions with the Department of Health.The Trust received planned support in the financial year of £13m from the NHS Bank. In 2005/06, no support is expected from the NHS Bank. However, it is anticipated that £5m of planned support will be made available from Surrey and Sussex StHA.The Capital Cost Absorption Rate, External Financing Limit and Capital Resource Limit were all within accepted tolerances.

Details from the Ashford & St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust Annual Report 2004/05 Financial Performance Ashford & St. Peter’s vision “We put people at the heart of everything we do” ?