Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

A Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Headquarters
The Trust's headquarters on Oxford Road, Manchester

Central Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (CMFT) runs eight hospitals in Manchester and Trafford: Manchester Royal Infirmary, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital and University Dental Hospital of Manchester in Manchester, and Trafford General Hospital, Altrincham Hospital and Stretford Memorial Hospital in Trafford.[1]

It is a teaching hospital of the School of Medicine, University of Manchester and one of the Shelford Group. Sir Michael Deegan has been Chief Executive since 2001.[2]

The Trust constructed one of the biggest Private Finance Initiative schemes in the NHS, designed by Anglo-American architects Anshen Dyer and developed by Lend Lease Group. Non-clinical services are run by Sodexo (formerly Sodexho) whose contract runs until 2042.[3]

On the same site since summer 2009 are the new Children's Hospital, St Mary's Hospital (Maternity and Babies), the new wing of Manchester Royal Infirmary, and the new Eye Hospital (one of the largest teaching hospitals for ophthalmology in Europe).[4] It is possible to access one hospital from the others without going outside. A link bridge links the old St Mary's Hospital building with its own new wing, the Eye Hospital, the Children's Hospital and the new wing of the Royal Infirmary.[5]

The Children's Hospital contains 371 beds and is the largest free-standing children's hospital in the UK.[6]

The trust has one of the 11 Genomics Medicines Centres associated with Genomics England which will open across England in February 2014. All the data produced in the 100,000 Genomes project will be made available to drugs companies and researchers to help them create precision drugs for future generations.[7]

Problems associated with doctors' illegible handwriting were highlighted in a Care Quality Commission report in May 2014, which also criticised the food as not being healthy enough and lacking variety. The Trust are hoping to move to an Electronic patient record system.[8]

The three Trafford hospitals run by Trafford Healthcare Trust were taken over by CMFT in 2012.[9]

Sites

The shared site on Oxford Road

MRI, MREH, St Mary's and RMCH share a large site between Oxford Road and Upper Brook Street in Manchester, close to the Manchester Medical School (part of the University of Manchester) and much less close to Manchester Metropolitan University.

Services

As the leading provider of tertiary and specialist healthcare services in Manchester, the Trust treats more than a million patients every year.[10] On 1 April 2011, community services previously provided by the Primary Care Trust transferred to this Trust.

Relationship with private sector

The Trust uses BMI Healthcare's Alexandra Hospital in Cheadle, Greater Manchester to help with elective surgery capacity problems, usually in the winter. This often involves the same surgeon working on a Sunday. It also uses spare capacity in their Cath lab.[11]

See also

References

  1. "Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Overview", NHS Choices http://www.nhs.uk/Services/Trusts/Overview/DefaultView.aspx?id=1087, retrieved 18 September 2013 Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Sir Michael Deegan CBE - Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust". Shelford Group. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  3. "Central Manchester Hospitals". Lend Lease. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  4. The new hospital development
  5. Satellite image from Google Maps
  6. Manchester Children's Hospital
  7. "NHS DNA scheme to fight cancer and genetic diseases". BBC News. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  8. "Doctors' handwriting putting patients at risk, health watchdog says". Manchester Evening News. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  9. "Acquisition of Trafford Hospitals Gets Final Green Light", Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust http://www.cmft.nhs.uk/media-centre/latest-news/acquisition-of-trafford-hospitals-gets-final-green-light, retrieved 6 July 2014 Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. "Your Trust", Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust http://www.cmft.nhs.uk/your-trust, retrieved 6 July 2014 Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. "Commissioning supplement: External providers can lend a hand". Health Service Journal. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.

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Coordinates: 53°27′40″N 2°13′40″W / 53.46115°N 2.2279°W