Annual Report 2006/07 - Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital

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Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust Annual Report 2006/07 commences. This increase in capacity will bring in over £10m of additional income in 2007/08 alone. This will be a great challenge for the Trust on three counts – delivering such a previous year; being able to increase capacity for the next two years to achieve the waitingtime target; and thereafter potentially reducing capacity again when the target has been met. Financial targets for the next three years will see the delivery of a surplus of £6.5m in 2007/08 rising to a surplus of £10m by 2008/09. The transfer of services from Heavitree Hospital to the Wonford site is now nearing completion the new building in the summer. Work will be completed on an expanded endoscopy unit providing essential diagnosis and care for the treatment of patients with a variety of conditions. Expanded ITU facilities are nearing completion, meeting the needs of some of our sickest patients, and better radiotherapy provision will bring improvements in the treatment of cancer patients. 2007/08 will also see the development of plans for the hospital’s new ‘Emergency Hub’ for consideration by the Board of Directors, with the intention that the Trust will reorganise the way emergency cases are treated within the hospital, once again Mike Stevens Director of Finance & Information After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the RD&E has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the accounts. Statement of the Chief Executive’s Responsibilities as Accounting Officer of the RD&E Under the 2003 Act, Monitor has directed the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust of accounts in the form and on the basis set out in the Accounts Direction. The accounts are prepared on an accruals basis and must give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the RD&E NHS Foundation Trust and of its income and expenditure, total recognised gains and is required to comply with the requirements of the NHS Foundation Trust Financial Reporting Manual and in particular to: observe the Accounts Direction issued by Monitor, including the relevant accounting and disclosure requirements, and apply suitable accounting policies on a consistent basis; make judgements and estimates on a reasonable basis; state whether applicable accounting standards as set out in the NHS Foundation Trust Financial Reporting Manual have been followed, and disclose and explain any material going-concern basis. proper accounting records which disclose with position of the NHS Foundation Trust and enable her to ensure that the accounts comply with requirements outlined in the above-mentioned for safeguarding the assets of the NHS Foundation Trust and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. To the best of my knowledge and belief, I have properly discharged the responsibilities set out in Monitor’s NHS Foundation Trust Accounting Angela Pedder Chief Executive, 7 June 2007 35
Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust Annual Report 2006/07 With thanks to all of the staff, patients and governors who have contributed to this year’s Annual Report. 36
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