Consultation on becoming a community NHS Foundation Trust 5 January – 30 March 2011 “Our passion is to create innovative services that meet your individual needs, maintain your independence and improve your quality of life. The freedoms and flexibilities available to NHS Foundation Trusts are vital if we are to achieve this vision.”
About us • The first community NHS Trust in the country from April 2010 • A budget of £101 million for NHS services • A further £51 million for social care for older people • 2542 staff: doctors, nurses, therapists, social care practitioners, dentists, podiatrists, dieticians • We provide a wide range of health and social care services for children and adults, ranging from a special care baby unit through to the most specialist end of life care
Why do we want to become an NHS Foundation Trust? As public benefit corporations, NHS Foundation Trusts: • Are free from central government control • Are accountable to local people and staff through a Membership scheme and elected Governors • Have the flexibility to decide on priorities and introduce innovative services speedily through reduced bureaucracy • Can seek wider funding and investment and partnership options • Can invest surplus monies in service developments • Are able to develop flexible working practices for staff, including incentive and reward schemes to aid recruitment and retention
Why now? • By 2013 NHS Trusts (such as ourselves) will no longer exist • We will either become a Foundation Trust in our own right or be merged with an existing Foundation Trust (for example, those that run hospital or mental health services) • We believe that to provide the very best care to local people, the specialist services we provide need to be led by a Foundation Trust that focuses solely on these services • Becoming an NHS Foundation Trust would put us on a level playing field with the other FTs already established across the county • The FT model provides the best vehicle to meet the financial challenges faced by the public sector in the coming years, as well as the projected population growth in Cambridgeshire (particularly in the over 65 year old age group)
Our vision To work with local people, GPs, local authorities, hospital staff, voluntary and charitable services and the independent sector to create services for children and adults that are: • Locally accessible, provided close to or in people’s own homes • Provided to the highest standard by skilled and compassionate staff • Integrated across health and social care boundaries, reducing duplication and providing seamless care • Focussed on maintaining people’s independence • Provided at an early stage to prevent deterioration
Our four priorities • Providing the right care, in the right place, at the right time: shifting appropriate clinical services out of the hospital into the community • Improving how we deliver service: reducing bureaucracy enabling clinicians to spend more time with those they care for • Ensuring a vibrant future for community services: seeking opportunities to provide services further afield, sharing innovative services and practices for the benefit of all • Improving the quality of care providing: ensuring they are informed by the latest research, education and training
How would a Foundation Trust be run? • Members: thousands of local people and staff able to help shape our future plans. It’s free and completely up to you how much time you give • Governors: elected Members with statutory powers (public, staff and partners) • Your involvement is vital if we are to develop services that really meet the needs of local people • Complete and return the Membership form (Freepost) in the consultation document
We genuinely want to hear what you think about our proposals A series of questions are asked in the consultation document. Tell us what you think: • Online: www.cambscommunityservices.nhs.uk • Freepost: return the feedback form in the consultation document
Timescale • Consultation: 5 January – 30 March 2011 • Application to Secretary of State: August/September 2011 • Secretary of State approval: October 2011 • Monitor assessment: January – March 2012 • NHS Foundation Trust goes live: May 2012 (subject to change)
Questions? Thank you and please do: • Become a Member and join us in our exciting future • Tell us what you think about our proposals
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