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Hospital cutback sees office supplies targeted
15/02/2007 16:40
Staff at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn have been ordered to cut back on their use of office supplies.
Restrictions have also been placed on the ordering of office supplies, including paper, pens, pencils and printer cartridges, as finance bosses attempt to cut a monthly spend of £7,000 on these products.
A spokesman for the hospital has claimed that the move should see the institution saving around £5 per employee per week, helping it save around £580,000 per month in order to balance its books.
Speaking to the hospital's newsletter, Fran Rose-Smith, manager of the turnaround team that came up with the office supplies ban, said: "What this now means is that if we want any items of stationery we'll have to phone a friend, ask the wider audience or generally weigh up whether or not we can do without it.
"We're trying to look on it in a humorous way but it is absolutely essential that we reduce our overheads
Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn has an accrued debt of £11 million and the office supplies ban is part of an overall policy to start paying this back.
Other ideas considered to cut outgoings include an equipment swap shop, where unwanted medical and office products can be traded internally.
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