NHS still needs to find more cash cuts

“transformational savings target” of £1.53m it is planning to deliver “a small surplus” of £20,000 in 2018/19 against a budget of £69m.

Interim finance director Anna Lamplough said the company was “operating in a financially challenged arena” that required innovative changes to the way health services are provided in order to operate within the constraints of the funding it received.

At the same time as it needs to make savings of £4m in 2018/19 and £3.6m in 2019/20, Kirklees Adult Social Care faces growth/ cost pressures around the number of people requiring support and increasing levels of complexity in their needs.

Concerns over sustainability have been alleviated by short-term funding but, said Strategic Director for Adults and Health Richard Parry: “The nature of this being short-term does not allow for confidence in longer term planning.”

He added that “key pressures remain” as the service moves forward.