{"id":51487,"date":"2014-12-11T11:04:29","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T11:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=3deb3568b52b41b847a8f089ae60cb10"},"modified":"2014-12-11T11:04:29","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T11:04:29","slug":"press-release-investigation-launched-into-basildon-and-thurrocks-finances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=51487","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Investigation launched into Basildon and Thurrock\u2019s finances"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The health regulator removed Basildon and Thurrock from special measures in June 2014 after the trust improved the quality of its health services. <\/p>\n<p>However, Monitor is concerned that the trust is now predicting a larger financial loss this year than previously thought. <\/p>\n<p>Monitor\u2019s investigation will seek to understand why Basildon and Thurrock\u2019s finances have deteriorated and what can be done to fix them. <\/p>\n<p>It will also examine how well the trust is working with other local NHS bodies to address its problems.<\/p>\n<p>Laura Mills, Deputy Regional Director at Monitor, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Basildon and Thurrock has made great progress in improving its services for patients, but it appears to be struggling financially.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">We want to find out why the trust\u2019s finances are deteriorating and ensure its leadership is taking appropriate action to address this challenge.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Monitor will announce the outcome of its investigation, and whether any regulatory action is needed, in due course. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monitor has opened an investigation on behalf of patients in Essex to look into the finances of Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51487"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51487\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}