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East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust . Application for Foundation Trust Status. Key Points. What is a Foundation Trust? Why should we become one? What the Regulator (Monitor) looks for How will we operate? The Integrated Business Plan Key d ates. What is a Foundation Trust.

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East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

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  1. East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Application for Foundation Trust Status

  2. Key Points • What is a Foundation Trust? • Why should we become one? • What the Regulator (Monitor) looks for • How will we operate? • The Integrated Business Plan • Key dates

  3. What is a Foundation Trust • Independent, public benefit organisation, free from central government control • Locally Representative • Providers of healthcare according to core NHS Principles

  4. Why should we become a Foundation Trust • Organisational development not process • We must go through the application process to be authorised • We must continue to change how we work as an FT and be an even better provider of health care services

  5. What the Regulator (Monitor) looks for • Legally constituted • Well governed • Financially viable • Quality of services • Robust service delivery plans • Representative of local population and local health, education and social care partners

  6. What are Monitor looking for? • Is the Board capable of operating this organisation as an autonomous Foundation Trust? • Is this a financially sustainable organisation which is focused on the quality of care it provides?

  7. How we will operate as a Foundation Trust Appointment and Opinion Board of Directors Public Council of Governors Stakeholders Governors Chair Staff Accountability and Information

  8. GOVERNORS • Majority elected by members • Represent members’ interests • Appoint/remove chair and non-executive directors • Decide the remuneration and allowances and terms & conditions of office of chair and non-executive directors • Approve appointment of Chief Executive • Appoint/Remove External Auditor • Receive Annual Accounts plus auditor’s report and Annual Report • Approve the Forward Plans of the Trust

  9. How we will operate as a Foundation Trust

  10. IBPKey Themes/Golden Threads • Strong Quality theme throughout the document • Patient Quality drives the Clinical Strategy • Delivering the benefits of an Integrated Healthcare Provider • Patient Pathways • Virtual Ward • Intermediate Care

  11. IBP • Ambition, but realistic ambition • Not assuming significant growth in activity/income • Key Service Developments • Repatriation of Orthopaedic activity • Provision of Urgent Care • Pathology • Vascular Centre • Intermediate Care • Obstetrics • Oncology

  12. EAST LANCASHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST FT TIMELINE 2012-2013 ELHT AUTHORISED AS AN FT PUBLIC CONSULTATION SoS* SUPPORT Jan ‘13 March ‘13 July ‘12 March ‘12 May ‘12 Nov ‘12 Sept ‘12 Aug ‘12 FINAL SUBMISSION OF IBP* Feb ‘12 June ‘12 April ‘12 Dec ‘12 MONITOR ASSESSMENT PHASE Feb ‘13 Oct ‘12 SHA SUBMIT APPLICATION TO DH ELECTION OF GOVERNORS *IBP – Integrated Business Plan *Secretary of State

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