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Written question asked by Mark Francois (Conservative) on Thursday, 16 January 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 21 January 2025 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Wednesday, 22 January 2025. A substantive answer was provided by Karin Smyth (Labour) on Thursday, 30 January 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust: Finance

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role Price Waterhouse Coopers have been assigned in assisting with the financial management of the Mid & South Essex NHS Hospitals Trust; how long this task has been assigned for; what the cost to the public purse is; and what outputs they are required to deliver.

Answer

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) received a direct award to undertake a nationally mandated Investigation and Intervention programme at the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board, to support it in delivering its financial plan.

The programme lasted eight weeks, and the cost of phase one was £246,187, which the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust and the integrated care board incurred. The output was a report recommending actions the system should take to recover its in-year plan.

The Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board decided to secure additional support from PwC for phase two from mid-July to the end of October 2024, which cost £1.07 million. This evolved into a programme of work supporting direct intervention within and across the foundation trust’s hospital sites.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
24421
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Costs Finance Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust PwC
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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