Frank Patterson Steps Down as Disney Film Sales Vice President
Patterson worked in Disney’s theatrical division for 17 years, during which time the studio became the undisputed box office kingJeremy Fuster | February 14, 2021 @ 3:23 PM
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Frank Patterson, Disney’s Vice President of Sales Eastern Division, is leaving the studio after 17 years.
The executive was part of the theatrical distribution team led by former Disney CEO Bob Iger and studio chairman turned chief creative officer Alan Horn that turned the studio into the undisputed box office king, releasing 25 films dating back to 2006 that grossed over $1 billion worldwide and three films “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame” that grossed over $2 billion.
He added that the trust’s national funding was double what it received in the previous year and that it is embarking on a £47.5million capital programme, using national NHS funding.
This includes buying a second £1.9m surgical robot for King George Hospital, which the trust hopes will “attract high calibre staff” and support its vision for the hospital becoming an elective surgery “hub”.
Mr Chambers added that “it had been challenging to make progress on financial improvement with the associated costs of Covid-19, including monetary incentives to fill shifts”.
Paying for temporary staff to cope with staff shortages is one of the trust’s biggest cash drains, along with inefficient use of operating theatres and “corporate ICT”.
He added that the trust’s national funding was double what it received in the previous year and that it is embarking on a £47.5million capital programme, using national NHS funding.
This includes buying a second £1.9m surgical robot for King George Hospital, which the trust hopes will “attract high calibre staff” and support its vision for the hospital becoming an elective surgery “hub”.
Mr Chambers added that “it had been challenging to make progress on financial improvement with the associated costs of Covid-19, including monetary incentives to fill shifts”.
Paying for temporary staff to cope with staff shortages is one of the trust’s biggest cash drains, along with inefficient use of operating theatres and “corporate ICT”.
Victoria Munro, Local Democracy Reporting Service
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7:00 AM February 11, 2021
Queen s and King George Hospital are both run by the trust. Picture credit: Archant.
- Credit: Archant
The number of patients catching Covid-19 at King George Hospital and Queen’s Hospital spiked in December because on-site tests were not picking up the new variant, it has been revealed.
About a fifth of patients who have tested positive for Covid at the Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) hospitals - King George in Barley Lane, Goodmayes and Queen s in Rom Valley Way, Romford - since the start of the pandemic definitely or probably caught it in hospital.