Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the financial situation of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust; and what remedial steps he is taking to improve that Trust's financial situation.

Mr Philip Dunne, Minister of State for Health: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust entered Financial Special Measures in October 2016. We are advised by NHS Improvement that the Trust has identified a range of measures to deliver efficiency savings and financial controls within the organisation.

Partnership arrangements between Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust and Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have been developed and, from April 2017, the Chair and Chief Executive of Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will assume dual-roles across both Trusts. A cross-organisation Improvement Oversight Group comprising of the leadership of both Trusts, has been set up to oversee the development of these arrangements and set the pace for delivering sustained improvement across all services.

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