BURTON HOSPITALS NHS TRUST

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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.