BURTON HOSPITALS NHS TRUST

Early day motion 1922, tabled 28 March 2006 by Janet Dean (Labour). Signed by 18 members.

That this House congratulates the Chairman, Chief Executive and staff at Queen's Hospital in Burton-upon-Trent for their hard work in reducing the projected deficit of the Burton Hospitals NHS Trust for the current financial year from a predicted £2.4 million last April, and £1.2 million in October to a current projected deficit of £500,000; condemns the misinformation contained in an article in the Daily Telegraph of 21st March 2006 in which a dossier of deficits compiled by the Conservative Party quoted the Burton Hospitals NHS Trust as having a predicted overspend of £31 million, asserting this to be £29,850,000 more than expected in September; recognises that the Conservative Party has admitted that there was a typing error but believes that the mistake caused considerable distress to everyone at Queen's Hospital, undermining the great progress the Trust has made over the past year.

Signatures by party: Labour 15, DUP 2, Conservative 1.