E-Mail From Ruth Meadows Acting General Manager Women & Children's Services St George's Healthcare NHS Trust
From:
Ruth Meadows
Sent:
24 March 2000 10:32
To:
Ian Perkin; Melanie Summers; Deirdre Baker; Mike Cumberbatch
Cc:
Ian Hamilton; Kevin Harbottle; Phil Sargeaunt
Subject:
RE: Cost Reduction Programme/Budget Setting 2000/01
I
have NO concerns at all...indeed if it were not for Phil Sargeaunt's advice I
doubt I would have found the savings found to date. He has been particularly
helpful in explaining the process this year and suggesting areas we may
consider. Ruth
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Message-----
From:
Ian
Perkin
Sent:
24
March 2000 10:10
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