E-Mail From Dedrie Baker General Manager Surgical Services St George's Healthcare NHS Trust
From:
Deirdre Baker
Sent:
24 March 2000 10:25
To:
Ian Perkin
Cc:
Ian Hamilton
Subject:
RE: Cost Reduction Programme/Budget Setting 2000/01
Ian
I
have had considerable input from ? and he has been extremely helpful in the
budget setting process. I have had two meetings only with ?, one brief
one to discuss cost pressures , one to look at nursing pay specifically. As you
are aware, ? has been heavily involved in costing and as such has not had any
time to become involved in the Service Centre, and has been off sick since his
costing work was completed.
I
was going to speak to you about ? role once all the budget setting process
had been completed - I feel he has too wide a remit with his other roles to give
me the input required to manage the budget effectively this year. ? can
supply me with the data and information but is relatively inexperienced; I think
the role of the Service Centre Finance Manager should be more about assisting
the GM in the effective use of resources and working with the SDUs to manage
their budgets. This year is going to pretty crucial and to be honest, I would
welcome any help of a fairly senior level. Perhpas we can talk about how this
could be achieved within the resources you have in Finance.
I
am happy however, that ? has put in some ideas about how the CRPs can be
achieved and I have had positive feedback from the BMs about his input.We are
meeting with the BMs again this pm to go through where we have got to in
preparation for our meeting on Tuesday.
Deirdre
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From:
Ian Perkin
Sent:
Friday, March 24, 2000 10:10AM
To:
Melanie Summers; Deirdre Baker; Mike Cumberbatch; Ruth Meadows
Cc:
Ian Hamilton; Kevin Harbottle; Phil Sargeaunt
Subject:
Cost Reduction Programme/Budget Setting 2000/01
Dear All
At a meeting I had with
the Chief Executive yesterday he expressed some concerns about the role he felt
that the management accounts staff were playing in the formulation of the cost
reduction programme and the budget setting programme for 2000/01.
The Chief Executives
concerns seem to relate to the question of whether the finance managers are
playing a team role and assisting you in identifying areas of potential savings
as well as contributing original ideas that will contribute towards a robust and
achievable cost reduction programme. In
the meetings I have had with you all I have not detected any degree of
dissatisfaction with the financial
support you have been receiving from your finance managers, or the way they are
putting together your cost reduction programmes and budgets for presentation to
the Chief Executive. However, it is clearly possible that I may have not picked
up from you concerns that you have about the finance manager support you are
receiving and as this is one of the issues that the Chief Executive has said he
will want to explore at Tuesday afternoons meetings, I should be grateful if you
could let me know any problems that you believe your are experiencing with the
role your finance managers are playing so
that we can address these issues and deal with them in a constructive and
corporate fashion.
Ian Perkin
Director of Finance