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What We Spend and How We Spend It
Financial Information, Staff wages and structure, Contracts and Capital Expenditure
Annual Report & Accounts, Budgets, Audits, Board member’s expenses, Funding
The Trust’s Annual Report and Accounts cover the financial year period of April to March. It details our Statement of Accounts for the 12 months, all budget and audit reports, our funding, including endowment funds, and the expenses incurred by our Board members.
- Click here for the latest Trust’s Annual Report & Account (2010/2011)
- Click here to see previous year’s Annual Report & Accounts (2009/10)
Standing financial instructions
Standing Orders, together with Standing Financial Instructions, provide a regulatory framework for the business conduct of the Trust. They fulfil the dual role of protecting the Trust's interests, and protecting staff from any possible accusation that they have acted less than properly.
The Standing Orders, Scheme of Delegation and Standing Financial Instructions provide a comprehensive business framework and apply irrespective of the source of funding. All executive and non-executive directors, and all members of staff, will be aware of the existence of these documents and, where necessary, be familiar with the detailed provisions.
Details can be found in the Scheme of Governance for West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Capital programme
The Trust’s Capital programme covers not only the estates we own, but also the major investment programmes in our services. These are detailed in a number of reports and documents such as the Capital Programme and our Annual Plan for the current year.
- Click here to see the Outline Capital Programme 2009/10 – 2010/11
- Click here to see the current Annual Plan 2011 - 2012
Staff pay and grading structures
The pay and grading structures for staff in the Trust are set nationally by the Department of Health under the ‘Agenda for Change’ programme. Staff positions within the Trust are banded into one of 12 grades, which have a range of 55 pay rates attached to them. Further information can be obtained from the links below to the Department of Health website and the NHS Employers website.
- Click here to go to the Department of Health website
- Click here to go to the NHS Employers website
Procurement, Tendering, Contracts awarded and values
West Hertfordshire NHS Hospitals Trust is a member of the Hertfordshire NHS Supply Management Confederation (HSMC). It operates as a shared service for purchasing and supply across the whole Hertfordshire health economy, including both acute trusts, HPTs and two PCTs. The remit of the Confederation encompasses all supplier expenditure and all internal supply chain systems. The Confederation is funded from existing supplies budgets.
As well as helping to improve the financial position, HSMC is concerned with improving the operational supply system provided to wards and departments, stock and non stock ordering, contract negotiations, cutting purchasing costs, helping to develop centres of procurement, raising the standards of poorer performing trusts and helping to improve patient care by selecting and implementing the most appropriate products for use by clinicians.
The confederation handles all procurement, tendering and contracts for the Trust and their website has links to help businesses to tender for contracts with the NHS locally and nationally.
- Click here to go to the Hertfordshire NHS Supply Management Confederation website.
