We have assumed in this case that the term 'special measures' refers to the financially challenged trusts.
As identified in the Department's 2006-07 The (4th Quarter) report:
“At the end of 2006-07 the Department of Health identified 17 national health service trusts that are deemed to be in financial ‘special measures' because of the severity of the financial challenges that they face”.
The following table outlines the cost and the consultancy company involved with each of the 17 financially challenged trusts.
Organisation Consultancy firm contracted Cost to the NHS (£) Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust PriceWaterhouseCoopers 83,112 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust KPMG 277,961 Royal Wolverhampton Hospital NHS Trust Ernst and Young 251,567 Hinchingbrooke Healthcare NHS Trust PriceWaterhouseCoopers 80,000 Bromley Hospitals National Health Service Trust KPMG 96,884 Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust KPMG 96,884 The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust KPMG 96,884 Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust KPMG 96,884 Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust Ernst and Young 124,652 Barkering Havering and Redbridge Hospital NHS Trust Ernst and Young 161,394 West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust PriceWaterhouseCoopers 65,022 Surrey and Sussex healthcare NHS Trust Ernst and Young 212,109 The Royal West Sussex NHS Trust PriceWaterhouseCoopers 96,897 North Bristol NHS Trust Ernst and Young 183,108 Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust KPMG 324,445 Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust Ernst and Young 183,108 Weston Area Health NHS Trust Ernst and Young and PriceWaterhouseCoopers 152,618 Total cost to the NHS for the financially challenged trust reviews across England 2,583,531