Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (formerly Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust) runs New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton.

History

The New Cross Hospital Trust was established in 1994, covered Wolverhampton, the Black Country, South Staffordshire, North Worcestershire and Shropshire.

It also owns the former eye hospital building in Wolverhampton, which is now derelict.[1] In December 2013 it was announced that the Trust would be unable to achieve foundation status for at least six months after a Care Quality Commission inspection raised concerns about staffing levels.[2] In March 2015 it abandoned plans to become a foundation trust.[3]

In October 2014 it was announced that the Trust would take over Cannock Chase Hospital formerly run by Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.[4]

Primary Care

It took over three GP practices in Wolverhampton in April 2016 as a pilot scheme for vertically integrated care. The 12 GPs will become employees of the trust. the practices Alfred Squire Road Health Centre and Lea Road Medical Practice in Wolverhampton and the MGS Medical Practice in Bilston have 23,000 registered patients.[5]

Performance

The Trust was highlighted by NHS England as having 3 of 148 reported never events in the period from April to September 2013.[6]

Mrs Sandra Haynes-Kirkbright was suspended by the Trust in July 2012 because of allegations made against her by colleagues of bullying, harassment, persistent swearing and unprofessional behaviour. She has alleged that the Trust cheated in concealing high mortality rates. Her whistle blowing allegations and subsequent treatment have been the subject of investigation by the NHS Trust Development Authority. She was suspended on full pay for four years.[7] In May 2016 an independent review by Lucy Scott-Moncrieff into her case ordered by Jeremy Hunt condemned the trust for its 'significantly flawed' and 'unfair' treatment of her. Chief Executive David Loughton CBE was said by the Daily Mail to have spent more than £10 million of taxpayers' money over the past two decades fighting whistleblowers.[8] Denise Harnin, former director of human resources, told the enquiry ‘When we’ve had briefings, in readiness for CQC visits and the like, it’s a kind of standard drill “answer the question and then shut up, don’t elaborate”.’ She added: ‘It’s about control isn’t it?’.[9]

The Gregg's bakery shop at New Cross is said to be the firm's second busiest outlet - much busier than the cafe on the site which sells healthier food.[10]

The trust was in dispute about £4 million funding for nurses with the Wolverhampton Clinical commissioning group which was subject to arbitration. The arbitration hearing sided in favour of the trust leaving it with £2 million to pay for seven-day working and supervisory ward nurses, and in favour of the CCG for 135 nurses employed to improve staffing on the wards, meaning £2 million was withdrawn.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NHS bosses forced to spend £320,000 to stop on a derelict hospital being vandalised". Daily Mirror. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Royal Wolverhampton FT bid delayed". Health Service Journal. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Wolverhampton trust drops foundation status bid". Health Service Journal. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Stafford Hospital: New trust to run renamed hospital". BBC News. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Hospital trust to take over running of three GP practices". Health Service Journal. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "NHS reveals 'never event' figures". Sheffield Star. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  7. ↑ "Wolverhampton's New Cross Hospital worker paid throughout three year suspension". Express and Star. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "'Now sack £200,000 boss who hounded NHS whistleblower': Calls come after damning report into treatment of whistleblower who accused his hospital of fixing death rates". Daily Mail. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  9. ↑ "'Shut up and never explain': What NHS boss who suppressed whistleblowers told staff to do if inspectors". Daily Mail. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  10. ↑ "Greggs branch at Wolverhampton's New Cross Hospital is company's 'second-busiest store'". Birmingham Mail. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
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