East Cheshire NHS Trust
| Type of Trust | |
|---|---|
| NHS hospital trust | |
| Trust Details | |
| Last annual budget | |
| Employees | 4000 |
| Chair | Lynn McGill |
| Chief Executive | John Wilbraham |
| Links | |
| Website | East Cheshire |
| Care Quality Commission reports | CQC |
East Cheshire NHS Trust runs Congleton War Memorial Hospital, Knutsford and District Community Hospital and Macclesfield District General Hospital, in Cheshire, England. It provides both acute hospital services and community services.
Macclesfield District General Hospital was purpose built in the early 1980s replacing a much older traditional infirmary. Congleton War Memorial Hospital opened in 1924, paid for by public subscription after years of fundraising by local people as a memorial to those who died in the first world war. Knutsford Community Hospital was refurbished in 1996.[citation needed]
In April 2012 it made an unsuccessful bid to be become an NHS Foundation Trust.[1]
The Casualty Department in Macclesfield has been under threat for some years, but in August 2013 it was said to be under no immediate threat.[2]
The Trust had a contract with Arvato services for human resource services. 60 of the trust's staff were transferred to Arvato in 2013. [3] In May 2016 Arvato said the contract was no longer commercially viable, demanding £2.4 million a year (more than double the contract price of £1.1 million a year) to continue after the end of the contractual period in April 2017. The contract is to be brought back in-house.[4]
The Trust gained a contract for sexual health services when Cheshire West and Chester Council decided to transfer it from Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in December 2014.[5]
It spent £1.7 million on agency staff in 2014/5.[6] In February 2016 it was expecting a deficit of £18.3 million for the year 2015/6.[7]
In July 2016 the board announced that it no longer believed the organisation is sustainable in its current form, forecasting a deficit in 2016/7 of £20m. [8]
The sustainability and transformation plan for Merseyside and Cheshire proposes to downgrade the emergency department at Macclesfield District General Hospital to a minor injuries and illnesses unit.[9]
See also
References
- ^ "Commissioners back trust's FT bid despite previous concerns". Health Service Journal. 24 April 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
- ^ "Review will pose no threat to A&E". Macclesfield Express. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
- ^ "How to achieve a 'one team' culture despite outsourcing". Health Service Journal. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ Lintern, Shaun (31 May 2016). "Trust takes 'unviable' HR service back in-house". Health Service Journal. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ "Chester doctors go to war with council over sexual health". Chester Chronicle. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
- ^ "Agency spending: the real picture". Health Service Journal. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "One in four trusts plunge deeper into the red". Health Service Journal. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ "North West trust 'not sustainable' in current form". Health Service Journal. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ "Leaked STP document reveals A&E downgrade plans". Health Service Journal. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.