The government has listed NHS trusts who will benefit from more than £825million of debt written off across 13 NHS trusts in the South West.
North Bristol NHS Trust, £172,171,000
- University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, £141,984,000
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, £127,860,000
- Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, £89,766,000
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, £61,895,000
- Weston Area Health NHS Trust, £57,582,000
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, £42,594,000
- Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, £24,917,000
- Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, £24,579,000
- Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, £23,398,000
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, £21,082,000
- Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, £20,003,000
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, £17,731,000
Local MPs welcomed the NHS debt scrapped in South West
John Glen, Salisbury: “The NHS needs all our support to help fight the challenge we face from COVID-19. I am delighted that the Department for Health and Social Care has decided to write off over £21m of debt for Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. This will be a great help to Salisbury District Hospital, freeing up more resources to take the fight to coronavirus.”
Danny Kruger, Devizes: “I am very pleased the government has agreed to write off the debt of the hospitals and NHS Trusts in the South West. Our brilliant NHS staff need all the support they can get at this time and it’s not right for NHS managers to be diverting what are funds needed on the front line.”
The NHS trusts which will benefit in the South West include Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, £89,766,000: Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, £61,895,000: Weston Area Health NHS Trust, £57,582,000: Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, £23,398,000: Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, £21,082,000.