What we spend and how we spend it

 

Income

The Trust's main source of income for the emergency services is through NHS Service Level Agreements made with the fourteen Primary Care Trusts in the region and this is reviewed on an annual basis.

Our Patient Transport Services are commissioned by Primary Care Trusts and Acute Trusts on a contractual basis and our Primary Care Services are commissioned by Primary Care Trusts across the region.

The Department of Health provide our Trust with a capital allocation each year together with additional funding for CBRN (Chemical, Biological Radiological, Nuclear) response training.

Additional income is also generated by public events and commercial training.

The Trust has charitable funds, where the main source of income for these are donations.

The Trust's Annual Statement of Accounts can be viewed in the Annual Reports.

 

Budgets

The Trust Board decides how income will be allocated and capital expenditure planned following a report from the Director of Finance containing proposed budgets for the financial year. Updated budget information is shared at Board meetings on a monthly basis. If you would like to access the Trust Board minutes please follow this link: Trust Board minutes.

 

Contracts and tendering

The Procurement Department proactively and positively influences purchasing and supply to support the Trust’s corporate aims and priorities, maintaining continuity of supply and effectively managing costs by challenging spend where appropriate and ensuring standardisation across the Trust.

Strategic Procurement aims and initiatives will support the Trust’s corporate objectives. The procurement function is developing accurate assessment and rapid communication systems to guarantee Trust needs are quickly realised.

The Trust recognises the benefits available from e-Procurement and Strategic sourcing as well as electronic inventory management.  The procurement department is leading procurement practice within the Trust to the agreed operational standards to deliver best value for the Trust.

The processes followed to achieve these aims are detailed in the flow charts below:

A: Identification of Need
B: Trust Run European Directive Tender
C: Trust Run Non-European Directive Tender

 

 

Expenditure over £25,000

The Department of Health requires all NHS Trusts to publish all expenditure over £25,000. Please click on one of the links to view this information:

HM Treasury Guidance - Publication of Spend over 25000 (2).pdf 
  
Gateway Ref 14716 - Publication of Spend over 25000.pdf 
  
Expenditure over £25,000 - August 2011

Expenditure over £25,000 - September 2011

Expenditure over £25,000 - October 2011

Expenditure over £25,000 - November 2011

Expenditure over £25,000 - December 2011

Expenditure over £25,000 - January 2012

Expenditure over £25,000 - February 2012

Expenditure over £25,000 - March 2012

Expenditure over £25,000 - April 2012

To view expenditure over £25,000 from April 2010 to July 2011, click here.

Visit www.hmrc.gov.uk for more information.

 

Staff pay

Details on staff pay can be found at www.nhsemployers.org. This website publishes the Agenda For Change staff pay and bandings.

 

Standing orders

Follow this link for information on Standing Orders.