University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
| Type of Trust | |
|---|---|
| NHS hospital trust | |
| Trust Details | |
| Last annual budget | |
| Employees | |
| Chair | John Cowdall |
| Chief Executive | Jackie Daniel |
| Headquarters | Westmorland General Hospital, Kendal, North West England |
| Links | |
| Website | University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay |
| Care Quality Commission reports | CQC |
| Monitor | Monitor |
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMB or UHMBT) is an NHS Foundation Trust in North West England, providing services in South Cumbria and North Lancashire in the Morecambe Bay area. It has about 6,000 employees and provides services for some 350,000 people.[1]
It provides services at:
- Royal Lancaster Infirmary in Lancaster
- Furness General Hospital in Barrow-in-Furness
- Westmorland General Hospital in Kendal, where the trust is headquartered.
- Queen Victoria Hospital (outpatients) in Morecambe
- Ulverston Community Health Centre (outpatients).[2]
The Trust was the first to deploy Lorenzo patient record systems in the NHS. It implemented electronic patient record system Lorenzo Release 1.9 in June 2010.[3]
In 2013 the Care Quality Commission stated that there had been problems with the Commission's oversight of the trust in 2010, that the Commission had "provided false assurances to the public" and that "[it] should not have registered UHMB without conditions", on publication of a report by Grant Thornton.[4][5]
The Trust was highlighted by NHS England as having 3 of 148 reported never events in the period from April to September 2013.[6]
In December 2013 it was announced that despite the Furness General Hospital maternity ward deaths investigation, Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group intends to maintain consultant-led maternity services at Furness General Hospital “for the foreseeable future”.[7]
In June 2014 the trust was placed in special measures by Monitor (NHS) after safety and leadership were rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission. Services at Westmorland General Hospital were given an overall rating of “good”, but Furness General Hospital and the Royal Lancaster Infirmary both “required improvement”.[8]
In August 2014 it was announced that the Trust would make an application to Monitor (NHS) for an increase in the prices paid for treatment by the NHS because its remote location made it impossible to manage within the national Payment by Results tariff.[9]
In February 2015 it was announced that the Clinical Commissioning Groups planned for inpatient elective surgery at Westmorland General Hospital to be transferred to Royal Lancaster Infirmary and Furness General Hospital.[10]
See also
- Furness General Hospital scandal
- Healthcare in Cumbria
- List of NHS Trusts
References
- ↑ "NHS Employers". NHS. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ↑ "Our hospitals". University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ↑ "Lorenzo goes live at Morecambe Bay". Health Service Journal. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ↑ "CQC publishes Independent report into its registration and oversight of University Hospitals Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust". Care Quality Commission. 19 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ "The Care Quality Commission re: Project Ambrose". Grant Thornton. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ "NHS reveals 'never event' figures". Sheffield Star. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ↑ "Morecambe Bay maternity downgrade ruled out by commissioners". Nursing Times. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ↑ "Morecambe Bay placed in special measures". Health Service JOurnal. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ↑ "Morecambe Bay bids for £17m price hike". Health Service Journal. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ↑ "Westmorland General Hospital to remain open - but could lose overnight surgery". Westmorland Gazette. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.