Transfer of Costs of Mobile CT Scanner

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A decision made on 6 December 2010 regarding a tansfer of costs of Mobile CT Scanner

Decision Reference: HSS-2010-0057
Decision Summary Title:	Transfer of Costs of Mobile CT Scanner		Date of Decision Summary:	29th November 2010
Decision Summary Author:	Director of Finance Health and Social Services		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Transfer of Costs of Mobile CT Scanner		Date of Written Report:	29th November 2010
Written Report Author:	Head of Financial Accounting Health & Social Services		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Transfer of the costs of a temporary mobile CT scanner necessary to maintain continuity of service whilst the main CT scanner was replaced.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the transfer of £68,500 from the capital allocation for the replacement of the CT scanner to the revenue budget for the Radiology service.
Reason(s) for Decision: The transfer of the budget from the capital allocation for the replacement CT scanner to the revenue budget will allow the Health and Social Services department to meet the requirements of the States of Jersey Capital Accounting Memorandum.
Resource Implications: There are no additional resource implications of this proposal.
Action required: A copy of the Ministerial Decision and the report are to be sent to the Treasury for the approval of the Minister Treasury and Resources. The Treasury will be required to process the budget transfers as approved.
Signature:		Position: Minister for Health and Social Services
Date Signed:		Date of Decision:

Transfer of Costs of Mobile CT Scanner

Health and Social Services Department

Ministerial Decision Report

TRANSFER OF Costs of Mobile CT Scanner

Purpose of Report

The purpose of this report is to request the Minister to approve the transfer between capital and revenue budgets for the CT scanner to allow the department to account for the project in accordance with the requirements of the States of Jersey Capital Accounting Memorandum.

Background

A capital vote of £1,260,000 (JZ0113) exists to fund the replacement of the CT scanner in the Radiology department at the General Hospital. The new machine has been installed and will be set up as an asset on the Health and Social Services asset register. As part of the planned process of removing the old scanner and installing the new machine it was necessary to hire a mobile scanner at a cost of £68,500 to maintain the service whilst the work was being undertaken.

Replacement CT Scanner

The hire of the mobile scanner to ensure continuity of service whilst the main scanner was being replaced is not considered to fall with the definition of capital expenditure and will need to be transferred to the revenue budgets. It is thus proposed to transfer an equivalent budget from the capital vote for the replacement of the scanner to the Health and Social Services revenue budgets.

Recommendation

It is recommended that the Minister approves the transfer of £68,500 from the capital allocation for the replacement of the CT scanner to the revenue budget for the Radiology service to allow for the costs of the hire of the mobile CT scanner.

		From	To
JZ0113 Replacement CT Scanner	120410 - Main Contract	68,500
KSR100 Radiology	560010 - Equipment Hire		68,500

Reason for Decision

The transfer of the budget from the capital allocation for the replacement CT scanner to the revenue budget will allow the Health and Social Services department to meet the requirements of the States of Jersey Capital Accounting Memorandum.

Resource Implications

There are no additional resource implications of this proposal.