Manx Care says savings include cutting use of bank and agency staff and reducing patient transfers.
Manx Care has announced a raft of staffing and service changes to save a further £5m by April in a bid to reduce a forecast £16.8m overspend.
Manx Care said it expected to an overspend of about £8m would still remain by the end of the financial year. Ms Cope said while that was "incredibly challenging", she insisted that some measures, like optimising rostering of staff, could be achieved without any adverse effect on patients.As part of the savings, patient transfers will be reduced by bringing consultants over to the island from the UK to deliver shoulder clinics and the new brain cancer pathway.
Manx Care will also ask Wrightington Hospital in Liverpool to reduce the number of elective orthopaedic surgeries carried out on Manx patients this year. In addition to the temporary closure of the recovery college, other mental health services that will be reduced include early intervention initiatives and withdrawing out of hours social work.
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