January 2012 - Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals

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Financial Performance Report – December 2011
Capital Expenditure
• Planned and actual capital expenditure by month is
summarised in the adjacent graph.
• Amendments to the programme have been approved
by SIRG to reflect the fall in expected expenditure on
land purchases to £3.75m:
• toxicology analysers £480k
• breast services ultrasound £250k
• fibroscan technology £47k
• IT data storage £700k
• IT review – systems enhancement £50k
• cleaning robots £66k
• medical equipment b/f from 12/13 £400k
• boiler replacement £240k
• initial estates rationalisation works £350k
• December expenditure was lower than planned for the
month at £0.5m primarily related to statutory standards
and paediatric ward refurbishment.
5,000
4,500
4,000
3,500
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
Planned and Actual Capital Expenditure £000
Actual Expenditure
Planned Expenditure
Paybill & Workforce
• Workforce numbers, including the impact of agency workers, are approximately 160 below plan for December
compared with 80 below plan in November. Excluding the impact of agency staff, wte numbers are around 239 below
plan. Actual wtes have fallen by approximately 31 compared with November.
• Total pay costs (including agency workers) are £698,000 lower than budgeted levels for the month , particularly on
medical, scientific & therapeutic and support staff groups.
• Expenditure for agency staff in December was £361,000 compared with £315,000 in November, an average of
£540,000 for the year to date and a December 2010 spend of £563,000. The biggest single group accounting for agency
expenditure remains medical staffing.
Budgeted and Actual WTEs (Including Agency Workers)
Budgeted and Actual Paybill £000
7,500
7,000
6,500
6,000
5,500
5,000
26,000
24,000
22,000
20,000
18,000
16,000
14,000
12,000
10,000
Actual WTEs
Budgeted WTEs
Agency Actual excl Agency Budgeted Paybill
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