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FOUNDATION TRUST STATUS

FOUNDATION TRUST STATUS · and NHS confederation guidance • Pre-engagement activities ... April 2010 –June 2010 Monitor Phase Starts June 2010 Potential FT Authorisation Date

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Page 1: FOUNDATION TRUST STATUS · and NHS confederation guidance • Pre-engagement activities ... April 2010 –June 2010 Monitor Phase Starts June 2010 Potential FT Authorisation Date

FOUNDATION TRUST

STATUS

Page 2: FOUNDATION TRUST STATUS · and NHS confederation guidance • Pre-engagement activities ... April 2010 –June 2010 Monitor Phase Starts June 2010 Potential FT Authorisation Date

What is a Foundation Trust?

• It is an NHS organisation, first established in April 2004

• Foundation Trusts operate according to NHS principles –

free care, based on need and not ability to pay

• The difference with a Foundation Trust is that it is run

locally, with staff and local people as members, having a

say in how they wish their services to be developed

• Regulated by Monitor

Page 3: FOUNDATION TRUST STATUS · and NHS confederation guidance • Pre-engagement activities ... April 2010 –June 2010 Monitor Phase Starts June 2010 Potential FT Authorisation Date

Benefits• Better and more inclusive governance

– Local ownership & involvement council of governors and members

– A unitary board of directors

• Greater patient, public and staff involvement

– Increased engagement & communication

– FT status & reputation should attract and retain high calibre staff

– Staff have a involvement in shaping of future services

• Organisational freedoms– Able to decide on how the trust is managed, including freedom to

develop services

– Decision making on capital investments

– Planning on a longer timescale

• Financial freedoms– Legally binding contracts with commissioners

– Greater financial flexibility & stability

– Ability to generate surpluses & reinvest them

– Ability to borrow money to fund capital and service developments

Page 4: FOUNDATION TRUST STATUS · and NHS confederation guidance • Pre-engagement activities ... April 2010 –June 2010 Monitor Phase Starts June 2010 Potential FT Authorisation Date

What will change when NWAS

becomes a Foundation Trust?

Page 5: FOUNDATION TRUST STATUS · and NHS confederation guidance • Pre-engagement activities ... April 2010 –June 2010 Monitor Phase Starts June 2010 Potential FT Authorisation Date

• NWAS will have a better and more inclusive governance

in which staff and the public can be involved

• Local issues raised through members, a Council of

Governors to a unitary Board of Directors

• The Trust will have greater financial freedoms

• The Trust will be regulated by an independent regulator

• The Trust will have undergone a thorough “fitness” test

Page 6: FOUNDATION TRUST STATUS · and NHS confederation guidance • Pre-engagement activities ... April 2010 –June 2010 Monitor Phase Starts June 2010 Potential FT Authorisation Date

Members GovernorsNon-executive

Directors

Executive

Directors

Accountable to

Appoints

Membership Appointment and Reporting Lines

Page 7: FOUNDATION TRUST STATUS · and NHS confederation guidance • Pre-engagement activities ... April 2010 –June 2010 Monitor Phase Starts June 2010 Potential FT Authorisation Date

Consultation and Engagement

• In line with Cabinet Office Code of Practice 2005

and NHS confederation guidance

• Pre-engagement activities

– Consultation preparation and scoping

– Staff communications and forums

– Contact with key stakeholders and partners regarding

consultation arrangements

– Exploring opportunities for membership recruitment

– Community engagement programme

Page 8: FOUNDATION TRUST STATUS · and NHS confederation guidance • Pre-engagement activities ... April 2010 –June 2010 Monitor Phase Starts June 2010 Potential FT Authorisation Date

Consultation and Engagement

• Consultation plans

– A full consultation document and associated materials

– Geographically spread public meetings/events

– Existing forums and meetings

– Specific and targeted stakeholder events and

meetings

– Staff engagement activities

– Public communications and media activity

– Patient information

– Website and other e-communications

Page 9: FOUNDATION TRUST STATUS · and NHS confederation guidance • Pre-engagement activities ... April 2010 –June 2010 Monitor Phase Starts June 2010 Potential FT Authorisation Date

What we are consulting on

• Our vision and values

• Our future direction of travel and five year

plans

• How we will be run as a FT

– Governance arrangements

– Membership

• Required to evidence process and

feedback as part of authorisation

Page 10: FOUNDATION TRUST STATUS · and NHS confederation guidance • Pre-engagement activities ... April 2010 –June 2010 Monitor Phase Starts June 2010 Potential FT Authorisation Date

Taking up Membership• Membership recruitment will start on the 7th

September

• Proposal - two categories of members, staff and

public

• Staff members automatically become an FT

member with an option to opt out

• Different levels of membership

Page 11: FOUNDATION TRUST STATUS · and NHS confederation guidance • Pre-engagement activities ... April 2010 –June 2010 Monitor Phase Starts June 2010 Potential FT Authorisation Date

What will Members be able to do?

• Have a say

• Help raise awareness of ambulance services

across the North West

• Represent the views and needs of the local

community

• Influence proposed changes to services and

future plans for development

• Stand for election for the Council of Governors

• Vote in the election for the Council of Governors

Page 12: FOUNDATION TRUST STATUS · and NHS confederation guidance • Pre-engagement activities ... April 2010 –June 2010 Monitor Phase Starts June 2010 Potential FT Authorisation Date

Timeline

SHA Assurance Phase

Now-April 2010

DoH Applications

Committee

April 2010 – June

2010

Monitor Phase

Starts

June 2010

Potential FT Authorisation Date Beginning Sept 2010

All Dates indicative as

Trust will be

continually assessed

Page 13: FOUNDATION TRUST STATUS · and NHS confederation guidance • Pre-engagement activities ... April 2010 –June 2010 Monitor Phase Starts June 2010 Potential FT Authorisation Date

Progress with Application• Diagnostic process complete

• Action plan agreed

– Recruitment of CEO and Director of Performance and Patient Experience

– Sustained Category B performance

• Outlined the future service development plans as part of the Integrated Business Plan

• Outlined the financial models to deliver the plans

• SHA Assurance Phase commenced

– Consultation

– Submission of plans

– Board to Board and interviews

– Sign off Constitution

• Trust is in a good position to move ahead

Page 14: FOUNDATION TRUST STATUS · and NHS confederation guidance • Pre-engagement activities ... April 2010 –June 2010 Monitor Phase Starts June 2010 Potential FT Authorisation Date

Any Questions?